Blini with Soda
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- funt buckwheat flour
- funt wheat flour
- glasses warm water
- tsp salt and sugar
- tsp acid (cream of tartar/citric)
- tsp baking soda
- funt butter
- butter, smetana, caviar
Instructions
- Thin 1 funt buckwheat + 1 funt wheat flour with 4 1/2-5 glasses warm water, add 2 tsp each salt and sugar; beat.
- With pans already hot, dissolve 1 tsp acid in 1/2 glass cold water and stir in.
- At once dissolve 1 tsp soda in 1/2 glass cold water, stir in, mix and bake immediately.
- Serve butter, smetana and caviar separately.