Description
Widely popular Russian dish, especially eaten during the Maslenitsa festival in Russia. All kinds of fillings are possible–sweet or savory.
Ingredients
- 4 ¼ cups milk
- 5 eggs
- ⅓ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon citric acid powder
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup boiling water
- ⅔ cup butter, divided
Instructions
- Beat together the milk and the eggs. Stir in the salt and the sugar and mix well. Add the baking soda and citric acid.
- Blend in the flour. Add the vegetable oil and pour in the boiling water
- stirring constantly. The batter should be very thin
- almost watery. Set the bowl aside and let it rest for 20 minutes.
- Melt a tablespoon of butter in a small frying pan over medium-high heat. Pick the pan up off the heat. Pour in a ladleful of batter while you rotate your wrist
- tilting the pan so the batter makes a circle and coats the bottom. The blini should be very thin.
- Return the pan to the heat. Cook the blini for 90 seconds. Carefully lift up an edge of the blini to see if it’s fully cooked: the edges will be golden and it should have brown spots on the surface. Flip the blini over and cook the other side for 1 minute.
- Transfer the blini to a plate lined with a clean kitchen towel. Continue cooking the blini
- adding an additional tablespoon of butter to the pan after each 4 blini. Stack them on top of each other and cover with the kitchen towel to keep warm.
- Spread your favorite filling in the center of the blini
- and fold three times to make a triangle shape. You can also fold up all 4 sides
- like a small burrito.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 8