Blinchiki With Tvorog Food

BLINI RECIPE (Блины)

Steps:

• Using an electric mixer, beat together the eggs, milk, water, oil, sugar and salt. Add the flour and continue to mix until it's completely smooth and has no lumps. It should have the consistency of a heavy cream, not runny like milk.
• Use 2 nonstick frying pans, so you can cook the crepes twice as fast. You'll get the rhythm, trust me. Grease the pans with oil and heat over medium high heat. Pans must be hot before you start.
• Using about 2/3 of a ladle, quickly pour into a tilted pan, and quickly spread it covering the surface of the frying pan. This needs to happen quickly, or you will have a thick, oddly shaped blinchik. The first few will always look wonky, it gets better as you get your rhythm going. If you have any holes in your blinchik, then fill with more batter. The goal is to make thin blini.
• Cook the blinchik for about 2 minutes until it is lighlty golden, and the edge starts to separate from the side of the frying pan. Using your fingers, (or a spatula) pick up the edge of the blinchik and flip it over and cook for about 2 minutes until golden brown.
• Place the hot blinchik on a plate, and smear the top side with the stick of butter. This is to prevent the next blinchik from sticking to each other. You will make a blini stack.
• Repeat this process, greasing pan with oil, until all the batter is gone.
• Best served warm with light sour cream and jam or honey.

BLINCHIKI WITH TVOROG

Steps:

• Put ground poppy seeds and raisins in hot milk and heat until dense, add sugar and cool down.
• Combine the mixture with tvorog and 2 egg yolks (Reserve the whites).
• Sift flour in a bowl, add milk and salt. Stir in 1 whole egg and the 2 reserved egg whites and knead dough.
• Preheat a crepe pan and add a small amount of butter. Pour enough batter into the pan to make a thin pancake, but fry only on one side.
• Put a pancake, fried side down on a plate, spread the filling and roll into a log. Put all the rolls on a baking sheet, brush with butter and bake in a 375 degree oven for 20 minutes.
• Serve with milk or juice.

BLINCHIKI

Steps:

• Mix the eggs, salt and sugar until thoroughly blended. Stir in 1 cup of milk. Add flour until a thick batter is formed. Add a splash of vegetable oil to mixture. Pour the batter into a hot, oiled skillet. Fry until golden on 1 side, then flip over and brown the other side.