Buckwheat Pancakes (Blini)

Name: Buckwheat Pancakes (Blini)
Yield: Makes about 60 small pancakes
Cuisine: Eastern European & German
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, unbleached all-purpose flour (2 1/2 ounces); 1/2 cup, buckwheat flour (2 1/2 ounces); 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 3/4 cup, buttermilk; 1/2 cup, whole milk; 1 large, egg; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus extra for cooking the blini

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Eastern European & German

SERVESMakes about 60 small pancakes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We developed a recipe for silver dollar–size blini pancakes, called oladi. The small pancakes are topped with a spoonful of the same fillings and make an excellent hors d’oeuvre. While many blini pancakes are yeasted, we wanted a quicker ve...

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