Blinis with Bleak Roe and Crème Fraîche
Prep time: 30 minServes: 6
Pairs with
The roe's salinity and the buckwheat blini's nutty tone were made for champagne — the drier, the better.
Ingredients
- Blinis:
- 100 g buckwheat flour
- 50 g plain flour
- 1 egg, separated
- 200 ml milk
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- Butter for frying
- Topping:
- 150 g bleak roe
- 200 ml crème fraîche
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- Dill sprigs
Method
- 1Mix the flours, baking powder, salt and sugar. Whisk in the egg yolk and milk. Whisk the white to soft peaks and fold in.
- 2Fry small blinis in butter (about 5 cm) until the surface bubbles have burst. Flip.
- 3Serve warm with a dollop of crème fraîche, bleak roe, red onion and dill.