Wonderful! I followed the recipe exactly, except I did not have citric acid powder so I substituted the juice of 1/2 a lemon. They were flavorful, tender, and disappeared faster then you could say breakfast.
and 5 starts from me! SOOOOO TASTY!!!;)
totally awesome!! just when cooking i used 1/2 teaspoon of butter for every pancake and once it was cooked i spread butter on top of it.
These taste just like the best blini I've enjoyed in Ukraine. I like them best Ukrainian style, filled with red caviar and rolled cigar-shaped. Also delightful filled with salt-cured or smoked salmon and a dab of sour cream, garnished with fresh dill. Any fresh or smoked fish is good in blini. Rolled or folded around any kind of fish spread is delightful. And of course, the best of all is black caviar such as ossetra or beluga, and served with icy cold vodka as a snack or appetizer. Crumbled Bulgarian feta and chopped fresh dill is a tasty budget filling. Like other reviewers, I've used lemon juice in them. I strongly object to substituting oil for butter, reducing the amount of butter, or using any kind of reduced fat milk, which affects the flavor negatively. If you want to taste Eastern Europe when you eat them, follow the directions exactly.
These were delicious and fun to serve to guests. I served them with hot cooked apples with cinnamon and 1 T. of cream cheese mixed in per 1 cup of apples. Also had maple syrup and strawberry syrup and whipped cream at the table. I taught the houseguests how to fold the blini for fun and then everyone ate them however they wanted--folded rolled flat.....whatever. Delicious.
Great taste but yielded over 100 blinis and it took me over two hours to cook (prep time was quick but cooking over 100 blinis was exhausting becuase you cannot look away even for a second). I made the following cahnges to lower the amount of fat and calories:1% milk instead of regular and I did not use any butter at all as I made them on VillaWare Crepe Maker that has a non-stick coating that requires no butter or cooking spray at all. Also very importantly instead of adding 1/8 citric acid powder I added a few drops of fresh lemon juice into the spoon with baking soda before adding it in just enough for the soda to bubble up - to eliminate the baking soda taste.
I live in Russia and I've tried many blini recipes from Russian websites. Maybe I'm just bad with grams and ml but none of those recipes turned out as good as this one!! I halved the recipe (only 2 eggs) and added a little extra water. I used a tiny bit of vinegar instead of the citric acid. Russian boyfriend approves!! Thank you!! We're ready for Maslenitsa tomorrow:) Absolutely delicious!!
Very good!! You can get really creative with these.;)
I used veg oil instead of butter to fry them in. Just enough to lightly cover the bottom of the pan. Buttering each final blin is a good idea to keep them from drying out on the edges. Yes this recipe produces a TON of blini but they disappear quickly too. Lemon juice instead of citric acid powder works well and I felt that the sugar and salt amounts could have been doubled. They tasted under seasoned to me. I will make these again next time they will come out perfect. Serve them in true Russian fashion with honey or jam and sour cream or caviar.
It was bland and tasted doughy. The quantity was also gargantuan so if you do make it consider cutting the recipe in half.
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