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Blini

Small buckwheat pancakes, soured cream on top, and the topping is the argument.

Blini
Photo: Maksim L., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A photo of the dish, not of these exact recipes.

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Buckwheat, yeasted

120 minutes · serves 6 · Medium

What you need

  • 150g buckwheat flour
  • 100g plain flour
  • 1 tsp instant yeast
  • 400ml warm milk
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 30g melted butter
  • Soured cream and dill, to serve

What you do

  1. 1Whisk the yeast, sugar and warm milk into both flours and leave, covered, for an hour until bubbling.
  2. 2Beat in the yolks, salt and melted butter.
  3. 3Whisk the whites to soft peaks and fold them in last. The batter should be loose and full of air.
  4. 4Cook small rounds in a buttered pan over medium heat, 90 seconds a side.
  5. 5Stack under a cloth. Soured cream and dill, or whatever you are celebrating with.

Unyeasted, in twenty minutes

20 minutes · serves 4 · Very easy

What you need

  • Buckwheat and plain flour
  • Milk
  • 2 eggs
  • Baking powder
  • Butter

What you do

  1. 1Whisk everything with a teaspoon of baking powder and rest it 10 minutes.
  2. 2Same small rounds. Flatter, and fine.