Sterling Cooper Blini with Caviar
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 1:34pm

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.

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).