Russian cuisine: Bliny (Russian pancakes)

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Overview

Centuries-proven recipe of Russian pancakes, the true national dish.

Ingredients

1 litre milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoonful of sugar
A pinch of salt
2 cups flour

Cooking

If anything, this is the true Russian food – dozens of varieties of pancakes (‘bliny’ in Russian) are known across the country, yet the basic recipe is the same – milk, eggs, wheat flour. They are served with sour cream, honey, jam, fish, caviar, egg and rice filling, or any other stuffing. Here is the most popular recipe that can be enjoyed as a separate dish or with the filling for your bliny.

Separate egg whites and yolks, whisk the whites. Mix all the ingredients into a homogeneous mass, adding the egg-whites foam last (egg-whisk is a good tool to use). Heat a flat-bottom frying pan with some vegetable oil, pour a ladle of the dough and spread it evenly. Bake on one side until the dough bubbles, then flip it over and bake the other side. Pile the ready pancakes on a flat plate, and add a tiny bit of butter on top of every newly baked hot cake. If you plan to use meat or fish stuffing, do not add sugar to the mix.

TIP:

You can use buttermilk or a mixture or milk and water instead of plain milk. Try doing the pancakes the same way described above, but add an ounce of dark beer (for some, no doubt unscientific, reason only Czech and Russian dark beers work) and an ounce of melted butter. Bake the same way. These pancakes are great with fish, especially salted salmon. Also try wrapping a bit of salted trout with a teaspoonful of sour cream together – a new, great taste.

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