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Russian · Aperitif · 40 min

Blinis with Smoked Salmon and Crème Fraîche

Small, fluffy yeasted pancakes with a nutty buckwheat note, topped with smoky salmon and cool crème fraîche.

As of: 11 October 2026

Blinis with Smoked Salmon and Crème Fraîche

Ingredients

servings

Batter

  • 200 gbuckwheat flour
  • 15 gfresh yeast
  • 250 mlmilk (room temperature to lukewarm)
  • 2eggs (whites and yolks separated)
  • ½ tspsalt
  • 1 tspsugar
  • 30 gbutter (for frying)

Topping

  • 200 gsmoked salmon (in slices or strips)
  • 150 gcrème fraîche
Time
40 min active · 40 min total · + 4 h resting
Difficulty
medium

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Preparation

  1. Stir the yeast into the milk and leave for about 5 minutes until dissolved.
  2. Put the flour, salt and sugar in a bowl, make a well in the middle, add the egg yolks and gradually stir in the yeasted milk until you have a thick batter. If it is too stiff, loosen it with a little warm milk.
  3. Cover the batter and leave in a warm place for 4 hours to rise.
  4. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and carefully fold them into the batter.
  5. Heat a little butter in a small non-stick pan (no more than 12 cm across), add a small ladleful of batter for each blini and fry golden on both sides. Repeat with the remaining butter and batter.
  6. Top the warm blinis with crème fraîche and smoked salmon and serve immediately.

Drink with it

  • Sparkling wine · excellent match

    Champagne or Crémant, brut

    The yeasty notes of the sparkling wine mirror the yeasted batter, and the acidity and bubbles cut through the crème fraîche and the rich, smoky salmon.

    Sparkling wine, Champagne, and Prosecco: what's the difference? ↗

  • Vodka · excellent match

    Vodka, ice cold from the freezer, neat

    The Russian classic with blinis: the cold tightens the fat of the salmon and crème fraîche, and the clean grain character lets the smoke and buckwheat shine.

    What Is Vodka? Raw Materials, Flavor, and Cocktails ↗

  • White wine · good match

    Chablis or dry Riesling

    Tight acidity freshens the crème fraîche and carries the rich salmon.

    Which wine pairs with food? A simple approach to choosing ↗

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