Main ingredients 🥩
PotatoFlourEggSour creamOnionScallionCaviar
Striker Chef's Potato Blini with Caviar
A sophisticated finger food made by topping Russian-style pancakes, blini, pan-fried with a savory potato batter, with sour cream, garnishes, and caviar.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who want to present an elegant and sophisticated finger food for special anniversaries or home parties.
- ⭐ Those who want to enjoy caviar, one of the world's three delicacies, in a classic yet harmonious combination.
- ⭐ Those who want to experience the unique combination of fluffy potato pancakes and smooth, refreshing sour cream.
Ingredients needed 🛒2 servings
- 2 potatoes (boiled)
- 1 tbsp flour
- 2 eggs (for batter)
- 1 boiled egg (for garnish)
- Generous amount of sour cream
- 1/4 onion
- 2 scallions
- Appropriate amount of caviar
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of pepper
Recipe 🍳
- Peel the pre-boiled potatoes, then press them through a fine sieve to create a smooth texture.
- Add 1 tbsp flour, 1 egg, a pinch of salt, 1 tbsp sour cream, and a pinch of pepper to the sieved potatoes and mix until smooth, without lumps.
- Add another egg yolk to achieve a soft batter consistency and a appetizing yellow color, then knead until smooth.
- Place the batter in round, thick shapes onto a lightly preheated frying pan over low heat and begin to cook.
- Once the bottom of the blini is golden brown without burning, carefully flip it and cook the other side until it turns a yellowish hue.
- Finely chop the scallions for garnish into thin, uniform pieces, and finely mince the onion to reduce its strong flavor.
- Separate the whites and yolks of the fully boiled eggs for garnish, then lightly rub each through a fine sieve to create a crumbly powder.
- Arrange the finished potato blini neatly on a plate, spread a thin layer of sour cream, then top with minced onion, scallions, and the sieved egg white and yolk powders in order.
- Finally, generously scoop the prepared caviar with a spoon and artfully place it on top of the garnishes to finish.
- Mix sieved boiled potatoes with flour, egg, sour cream, and seasonings to create a smooth batter.
- Cook the batter in round shapes on a lightly heated pan over low heat until golden brown on both sides to complete the blini.
- Spread sour cream on the blini, then layer with minced onion, scallions, sieved boiled egg powder, and caviar.
Cooking tips 💡
- Sieving the potatoes and boiled eggs, though tedious, is crucial for a smooth texture that melts in your mouth without lumps.
- When using regular onion instead of shallots from the original recipe, mince it as finely as possible to avoid overpowering the blini's flavor.
- Caviar can oxidize and alter its taste and aroma when in contact with metal spoons, so always use spoons made of mother-of-pearl, wood, or plastic.