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!
this looks beautiful delicious
Beautiful!
Woman – you are outstanding. The dishes you are putting out on a daily basis continue to raise the bar. I don’t know how you do it but I would give a limb to be in your house at suppertime!
Beautiful presentation! Lovely Lizzy 😉
Beautiful Recipe….
Lovely Presentation…
As always great job dear.
Oh, your new look is so pretty, just like you and all of your delightful recipes! Your blini are so elegant like a fancy hat topped with a feather and salmon roe!
I’m not a fish eater but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate a beautiful looking dish when I see it.
Great job…great presentation and beautifully photographed.
looks good
Your pancakes are so perfectly browned. And the salmon roses make a more glamourous presentation. Nice work.
I am not a big fan of smoked slamon but your pics make want to try them , truly beautiful presentation 🙂 .
I like your new look! And I’m totally impressed with your salmon rosette!!
What a beautiful presentation to such a lovely dish! I love smoked salmon too! What an elegant meal!
I love your smoked salmon roses!
What a lovely presentation! Seeing your post reminds me of why I do this…to get such great ideas from great cooks like you…I love what I learn from this FFwD experience. This would be a beautiful and delicious holiday party appetizer…just the way you have done it.
What a great idea to roll the salmon into a rose. So pretty! Lizzy, I love your blog redesign!
Love your beautiful salmon rose presentation! 😉
Such an elegant meal. Love how you styled it.
Hi Liz – love how you arranged the salmon.
LL
Mmm, this looks fantastic! So beautifully presented too. Just checked out your blog for the first time since you changed the new banner and colours… it looks great!
We were just talking about buckwheat pancakes the other day and my husband said where can we find buckwheat? In our pantry I replied. I need to remember to use it more often and we always have smoked salmon too. What a lovely dish Lizzy.
Sam
How pretty is that salmon rosette!
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What gourmet pancakes! They look so pretty and tasty.
I go weak in the knees for smoked salmon as it is…. but you had to go and make cute little roses out of it. Now I have to go buy some and make my own. 😉
Beautiful!
This looks sooooo good! Do you deliver? LOL!!! So happy I stopped by today! Have a great weekend!
They look tasty, but your plating is an absolute picture…truly lovely!
you make such pretty food~
You are one talented lady my dear, desserts and dinners everything is always perfection!
Beautiful presentation, I wish I had a few of these beauties for my dinner tonight;-)
Your blinis are so cute, little, and yummy! The salmon is so pretty in the shape of a rose!
Another winner, Lizzy!
Have a wonderful weekend, my dear friend!
xoxo
I love how you rolled up to make the salmon roses! How beautiful it is! I’m sorry to hear salmon roe was hard to get. It’s one of my favorite (well you probably guessed already). Love these parent-child combination!
These are spectacular looking–and I share your love of smoked salmon!
What a stunning dish!! It looks so beautiful and I am sure it tastes just as wonderful!
Blessings, Catherine
Lizzy, Your blini look perfect! Great presentation! Happy Friday!
Now I thought you impressed me before.. but you have outdone yourself with those roses made out of salmon. Wow!! I would have never thought to do that! Fabulous! Beautiful recipe and gorgeous presentation!! Well done!! Have a great weekend!~ Ramona
This is one of Adam’s all time favorite noshes, but we’ve never tried it with buckwheat blini which are no doubt delicious. Beautiful presentation, too!
Delicious recipe, but especially the look is awesome.
You made beautiful salmon flowers! I’m with your husband–I like the pancakes better with syrup. 🙂
One beautiful presentation, Lizzy! How lucky to have smoked salmon around. If I had it around, well, it wouldn’t be! Buckwheat flour and salmon roe; that’s another story. Again, just beautiful!
I’m preparing this today. (:
You’re right, it’s beautiful and delicious!
So beautiful!!!
I loved these!! Your presentation is gorgeous!
Oh lucky me to stop by here today! Smoked salmon is one of our favorite snacks but never tried it over a blini. How fun and how gorgeous are your photos! That’s a rhetorical question but I must answer, Very! My husband probably would have done the same 🙂
Oh is that ever perfect. I am going to send this all over!
If I made these I’d probably just end up eating the smoked salmon by itself.
My sister can eat the rest of it or something.
YUMMY! I just had these as a passed appetizer at a wedding this past weekend and they were so delicious! I would love to make them myself 🙂
Looking good over here, like the new design and these little pancakes too. Hope you have a great weekend.
-Gina-
Beautiful photos Lizzy!
Lizzy, Such an exquisite presentation! Like you, I would have made a meal of these lovely blinis too. Speaking of lovely things, terrific new look to your home here at That Skinny Chick… Brava!
Nice new web design, the color scheme matches the color of your dish.
so pretty!
Lizzy! Look absolutely beautiful! I love salmon!! apecially like this! have a nice weekend! gloria
Your new blog design is wonderful!!
And your salmon delectable 🙂
How pretty!
Ohhhh. I love your new look 🙂 and these little blini’s are so classic and scrumptious.
The salmon rosettes are adorable! I think a couple of us enjoyed the pancake breakfast the morning after. The salmon roe looks great – I wish I had found some.
This is so lovely, I love your presentation of smoked salmon, haha, I want the pancake for breakfast too 🙂
So blini are like the best excuse to eat pancakes ever and I love the flavor of buckwheat so wins all around. And your presentation is flawless – smoked salmon normally looks like a greasy heap, but yours looks like some kind of exotic rose! ::salivating::
I saw a photo similar to your plating (salmon roses) before I began, but I was lazy when it got to be 8:00 p.m. – they’re just beautiful!
Your blinis look terrific!
Looks great, great presentation and styling.
Liz – beautiful presentation.
I really like the smoked salmon with the nuttiness of the buckwheat. Yum
Wow, those are beautiful. I have to admit that I’ve never even tried smoked salmon, let alone have it at my house all the time. But this gorgeous dish is enough to introduce the fish to the house! It’s gorgeous.
I love oily fish especially salmon. One of my favourites. I have salmon at least four times a week. Must try this and I love the bread. Off to the bakery. Have a nice weekend;-)
Your salmon rose look so good and delicious!
These came out so lovely, Lizzy! They look so delicious!
looks pretty and delicious.
Ridwan
Very very nice Lizzy, beautifully done and amazing looking.
Hi Lizzy, I’m running to the store….I have to buy some smoked salmon!!! Have a great weekend, huigs and blessings, Flavia
I love your salmon roses, and am way jealous that you found salmon roe!
Yay I am glad they were a hit in your house! Have a great weekend!
Those look wonderfull… and delicious!
Have a great weekend 😉
Ciao!!
Il tuo blog mi piace moltissimo!!
Da oggi ti seguo anch’io!!
A presto!!!!
What an amazing way to have Salmon! Nicely done Lizzy!
Have yourself a great weekend 🙂
These are gorgeous!! The flavors are wonderful. Great way to fancy a brunch.
ack! i’m so jealous of your food styling abilities! I focused on finding a way to up my presentation, but seriously, you trump me every time!… lol just not as creative I guess, but I can live with that. your blog just makes me perpetually hungry! 🙂 Great job!
Love the rolled salmon roses and your perfect circle blini!
We enjoyed these as a meal all by themselves as well. Very tasty. Though, not being a huge fan of smoked salmon, I added just a small piece to each blini. I love your presentation, your little salmon flowers are too cute!