Smoked Salmon on Blini

Ingredients

• 60 g buckwheat flour
• 40 g all-purpose flour
• Salt
• 10 g fresh yeast
• 125 ml lukewarm milk
• 2 tbsp liquid butter
• 2 egg whites
• butter fat
• 400 g smoked salmon (sliced thin)
• 50 g sour cream
• dill sprigs (for garnish)
• Lemon zest (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Separate the eggs. Mix the flours together. Dissolve the yeast in the milk and stir into the flour mixture with liquid butter, egg yolks, and a pinch of salt; cover and let rise in a warm place.

2. 2.

   Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the dough before baking.

3. 3.

   Heat some butter fat in a pan, drop spoonfuls of dough, flatten slightly, and fry until golden brown on both sides; keep warm.

4. 4.

   For serving spread blinis with a little crème fraîche, roll salmon slices over them, arrange on the blinis, and garnish with dill sprigs and lemon zest.