Blini - Russian crepe recipe
Blini is a Russian crepe using yeast. Easy to make and the taste is great. The texture is light, soft and slightly chewy. Yeast gives a wonderful aroma to blini.
Servings: 4 people
Equipment
- 2 bowls
- Frying pan
Ingredients
- 3 Egg (at room temperature)
- 60 gram Sugar
- 575 ml Milk
- 1/2 teaspoon Dry yeast
- 1 pinch Salt
- 250 gram Flour
- 30 gram Melted butter
- Butter / Oil for cooking blini
Instructions
- If milk (575 ml) is cold, warm it up slightly (not too warm, up to 35 celcius = 95 fahrenheit). Add ½ teaspoon yeast to milk and mix. Leave for 10 – 15 minutes.
- Put 2 whole eggs and 1 egg yolk in a bowl. ( Reserve one egg white for meringue). Add sugar to eggs and mix well.
- Add salt, flour and pour milk and yeast mixture little by little and mix to prevent lumps.Add melted butter and mix. Cover with cling film and leave the batter for about an hour at a warm place in the house.
- Just before baking the batter in a frying pan, put reserved egg white in a clean bowl and whisk until firm meringue is formed. Add the meringue to the batter in 2 potions and fold gently.
- Preheat a frying pan over medium heat and when the pan is hot, grease the bottom of the frying pan with oil and butter. (or you can use only butter or oil).
- Using ladle pour the batter into the frying pan and rotate the pan to spread the batter throughout the bottom of the pan.
- When the edge of blini becomes brown, flip the blini using spatula and cook the other side for a couple of minutes.
- Transfer the blini to a plate. Continue cooking the blinis in the same way until all batter is used up.
Notes
If there is any leftover, cool them to room temperature, cover with cling film and keep in the fridge. Eat them following day.