About the dish
Blini are Russian pancakes made from a milk batter, usually raised with yeast, fried thinly in a hot pan and piled into a tall stack, each one brushed with butter. In old folk belief the round golden blin stood for the sun, which is why it is the central food of Maslenitsa, the festive week that sees off winter. They are eaten in many ways: with soured cream and honey, with jam or curd cheese, with red caviar or herring, or rolled around a filling of meat or buckwheat. Older recipes replace part of the wheat flour with buckwheat flour.
Main ingredients
- wheat flour
- milk
- eggs
- yeast
- butter
- soured cream
Russia: Most blini are made during Maslenitsa week, just before Lent.
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