Buckwheat Blini with Smoked Salmon
These Buckwheat Blini with Smoked Salmon made an elegant appetizer, but these mini buckwheat pancakes are also a terrific breakfast dish!
I was so excited to try this recipe…I almost always have smoked salmon in the fridge. I love it on grainy bread with a swipe of mustard for a quick lunch. I didn’t know, however, how difficult it would be to find buckwheat flour and salmon roe, so I’m glad I started the hunt early. I made half a batch (FYI, half a large egg = 1 1/2 tablespoons), and a mini version using one tablespoon of batter per blini. Topped with crème fraîche, a smoked salmon rose, and garnished with a feathery sprig of dill and a sprinkling of salmon roe made these a stunning and delectable appetizer. I skipped the burger for dinner and ate 3 of these beauties instead. And Bill ate the leftovers with syrup for breakfast!!!
This lovely mini buckwheat pancake recipe can be found here.
This lovely mini buckwheat pancake recipe can be found here.
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86 Comments on “Buckwheat Blini with Smoked Salmon”
Have jsut discovered your blog! Looking forward to looking at some of your recipes.
Beautiful presentation! I skipped the roe, but it’s so lovely in your photos, I’ll have to include it when I make these for get-togethers.
What lovely smoked salmon roses! We loved ours too, and our leftovers the next morning were perfect for… more creme fraiche and smoked salmon! It was an interesting variation on bagel, cream cheese, and lox!
Beautiful presentation! Blini with Salmon is one of my all-time favorites.
Delicious! Smoked salmon is a favourite at our house. I haven’t made blinis in ages so will have to do so soon! Thanks!
Wow! so neatly done. I was looking something for buckwheat and one of your recipe came up then I scrolled down saw all your lovely creations. The salmon looks like rose. So beautiful!