Blini Pancakes

Name: Blini Pancakes
Prep time: 1 h 33 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 1 h 38 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: ½ cup buckwheat; ⅔ cup flour; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp yeast; 1 cup milk; 2 tbsp butter; 1 egg

A Russian breakfast. Ready in about 1 hour 38 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

1 hr 33 minPrep (about)
5 minCook (about)
1 hr 38 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 10 people +

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1 ¼ cups buckwheat
1 ⅔ cups flour
2 ½ tsp yeast
2 ½ cups milk
¼ cup + 1 tbsp butter
3 eggs

Spices & seasonings (1): salt

1 ¼ tsp salt

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Whisk 2 ½ teaspoons yeast, 1 ¼ teaspoons salt, 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour and 1 ¼ cups buckwheat flour in a large bowl.
Make a well in the center.
Pour in 2 ½ cups warm milk.
Whisk until the batter is smooth.
Cover the bowl.
Let the batter rise till doubled, about 1 hour.
Enrich and Rest the Batter.
Mix ¼ cup + 1 tbsp melted butter plus about 3 eggs yolk into the batter.
Whisk about 3 eggs white till stiff, but not dry in a separate bowl.
Fold the whisked egg white in the batter.
Cover the bowl.
Let the batter stand 20 minutes.
Pan-Fry the Blini.
Heat butter in a large nonstick pan over medium heat.
Drop quarter-sized dollops of batter in your pan, being careful not to overcrowd your pan.
Cook for about 1 minute until bubbles form.
Turn.
Cook for about 30 more seconds.
Remove the finished blini onto a plate.
Cover them using a clean kitchen towel to keep warm.
Add more butter to the pan.
Repeat the frying process with the rest of the batter.