Blini Recipe (Блины)
These Russian Pancakes commonly known as Blinchiki, Crepes, Blintzes or Blini are a staple food in Slavic countries. Often they are stuffed and rolled. I love eating them with butter, sour cream and blueberry jam. This is my lower fat blini recipe. Easy and delicious Russian Crepes or Blini Recipe (Блины)
Servings 25 Blini
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups flour
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons oil
- oil for frying
- stick of butter for blinchik stack
Instructions
- Using an electric mixer, beat together the eggs, milk, water, oil, sugar and salt. Add the flour and continue to mix until it's completely smooth and has no lumps. It should have the consistency of a heavy cream, not runny like milk.
- Use 2 nonstick frying pans, so you can cook the crepes twice as fast. You'll get the rhythm, trust me. Grease the pans with oil and heat over medium high heat. Pans must be hot before you start.
- Using about ⅔ of a ladle, quickly pour into a tilted pan, and quickly spread it covering the surface of the frying pan. This needs to happen quickly, or you will have a thick, oddly shaped blinchik. The first few will always look wonky, it gets better as you get your rhythm going. If you have any holes in your blinchik, then fill with more batter. The goal is to make thin blini.
- Cook the blinchik for about 2 minutes until it is lighlty golden, and the edge starts to separate from the side of the frying pan. Using your fingers, (or a spatula) pick up the edge of the blinchik and flip it over and cook for about 2 minutes until golden brown.
- Place the hot blinchik on a plate, and smear the top side with the stick of butter. This is to prevent the next blinchik from sticking to each other. You will make a blini stack.
- Repeat this process, greasing pan with oil, until all the batter is gone.
- Best served warm with sour cream and jam or honey.