Blinis with soft goat's cheese

Total: 1 hr 30 min. | Active: 30 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 16 pieces

Batter
50 g white flour
50 g buckwheat flour
50 g walnut kernels, finely ground
¼ tsp salt
5 g yeast, crumbled
1 dl milk, lukewarm
2 tbsp butter, melted, left to cool
1  egg, beaten
Blinis
  clarified butter for frying
To serve
150 g soft goats' cheese (Chavroux), stirred until smooth
40 g pomegranate seeds
½ tbsp liquid honey
4 sprig dill, torn into pieces

How it's done

Batter

In a bowl, mix the flour with all the other ingredients up to and including the yeast. Whisk the milk, butter and egg, pour into the flour, whisk to form a smooth batter. Cover the batter and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 30 mins.

Blinis

Heat a little clarified butter in a non-stick frying pan. Reduce the heat, cook the blinis in batches using approx. 1 tbsp of batter per blini (approx. 4 cm in diameter), cook over a medium heat for approx. 3 mins. on each side. Remove, allow to cool slightly on a rack.

To serve

Spread the goat’s cheese over the blinis, serve on a platter. Sprinkle with the pomegranate seeds, drizzle with the honey, garnish with the dill.

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