Sterling Cooper Blini with Caviar
Ingredients
1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
¾ cup milk
1/2 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons sour cream, plus additional for topping blini
1 egg
Butter for frying
Caviar, for topping
Preparation
1
In a large bowl, sift the flour and baking powder together. Add the milk, sugar and 2 tablespoons sour cream. Beat the egg until frothy, add to batter and stir well. Let batter stand for 20 minutes.
2
Melt butter on a griddle or large skillet. Fry small (2-3 inch) pancakes in very hot butter. Drain on paper towels. Top each blini with sour cream and caviar before serving.
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About
Adapted fromThe Best of Russian Cooking (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1964).
Recipe is courtesy of Judy Gelman and Peter Zheutlin, authors of The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook: Inside the Kitchens, Bars, and Restaurants of Mad Men (Smart Pop, 2011).
Yield:
Approximately 16-20 blini
Added:
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 1:34pm
