Blini with Soda
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 1 funt buckwheat flour
- 1 funt wheat flour
- 4 1/2-5 glasses warm water
- 2 tsp salt and sugar
- 1 tsp acid (cream of tartar/citric)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4-1/2 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.