Lacy Cream Blini
Description
Perfect with tea or coffee. Homemade cream pancakes can be served with your favourite toppings — sour cream, honey, fruit or berry jam or jelly, condensed milk — it’s up to you. Pancakes made with this recipe turn out so delicious that you can confidently serve them plain, brushed only with melted butter. To make sure your baking really succeeds, take the eggs and dairy product out of the refrigerator ahead of time. The recipe uses boiling water — always use freshly boiled water from the kettle. As for the cream, it’s better to use a lower-fat product (7–10%). If your pancakes don’t turn out lacy or they’re too thick, the batter has probably ended up too thick. That’s fine — just add a little warm water and start frying the pancakes again.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all ingredients. It is best to use cream that is not very high in fat; 10% is quite sufficient.
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Step 2
Whisk the eggs with sugar and salt.
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Step 3
Pour in the cream and stir.
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Step 4
Add flour and baking powder.
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Step 5
Mix until smooth.
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Step 6
Add oil to the boiling water, pour it in a thin stream into the dough, and mix everything vigorously again.
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Step 7
The dough is ready. Let it rest for 15 minutes.
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Step 8
Start baking the blini. To do this, grease a crepe pan with vegetable oil and, using a ladle, pour a small amount of batter onto the pan. With your other hand, make circular motions to spread the batter evenly over the surface of the pan. Fry the blini in a well-heated pan until golden brown, flipping them from one side to the other.
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Step 9
Stack the finished pancakes in a pile; if you like, you can butter them between layers.
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Step 10
Lacy pancakes with cream are ready. I served the pancakes with plum jam.