Russian
Blini (Russian Pancakes)
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Whisk the flour, milk, eggs, sugar, and salt into a thin, smooth batter and rest 15 minutes.
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Melt half the butter and stir it into the batter.
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Heat a lightly buttered crepe pan or skillet over medium heat and pour in a thin layer of batter, swirling to coat.
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Cook 1 minute per side until lacy and golden, stacking the finished blini as you go.
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Serve warm with jam and sour cream, a weekend breakfast worth the extra time.
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Serve it with
A Russian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Blini (Russian Pancakes), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Blini (Russian Pancakes) carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Gorohovyi Sup (Split Pea Soup with Smoked Sausage) |
| Gluten | Yes | Boiled Potatoes with Dill and Butter |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Baked Chicken with Potatoes |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 650 kcal
- Protein
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 78 g
- Fat
- 30 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 21 g
- Sodium
- 450 mg
- Saturated fat
- 19 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Blini (Russian Pancakes) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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