Caviar and Salmon Blini Tortes

Name: Caviar and Salmon Blini Tortes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 1 hard-boiled large egg, finely chopped; 1 2 tablespoons sour cream; 1 1 tablespoon finely chopped chives; 1 2 tablespoons buckwheat flour; 1 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 1/8 teaspoon baking soda; 1 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1 1/4 cup whole milk; 1 1 large egg, separated; 1 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled, divided; 1 1/4 lb thinly sliced smoked salmon at room temperature; 1 2 ounces trout caviar, such as rainbow- trout caviar, or salmon roe; 1 Garnish: sour cream; chopped chives

From the kitchen of Carly

Buckwheat blini stacked high with silky sour cream, briny caviar, and smoked salmon. These delicate pancakes are crispy outside, tender within, and built for elegant entertaining or quiet luxury at home.

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Servings: 4
Difficulty: medium

Ingredients

4 servings

11 hard-boiled large egg, finely chopped
12 tablespoons sour cream
11 tablespoon finely chopped chives
12 tablespoons buckwheat flour
13 tablespoons all-purpose flour
11 teaspoon sugar
11/8 teaspoon baking soda
11/8 teaspoon salt
11/4 cup whole milk
11 large egg, separated
11/2 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled, divided
11/4 lb thinly sliced smoked salmon at room temperature
12 ounces trout caviar, such as rainbow- trout caviar, or salmon roe
1Garnish: sour cream; chopped chives

Instructions

Stir together all ingredients and a pinch of salt.
Whisk together dry ingredients in a bowl. Add milk and yolk and whisk until smooth. 3Beat egg white with a clean whisk in another bowl until it just holds soft peaks. Fold into batter along with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
Brush a 12-inch nonstick skillet with some of remaining melted butter, then heat over medium heat until hot. Working in batches of 6 or 7, drop 1 level tablespoon batter per pancake into skillet and cook until bubbles appear on surface and undersides are golden, 45 seconds to 1 minute. Flip over and cook 1 minute more. Brush blini on both sides with some of remaining melted butter, then transfer to a plate and keep warm, covered with foil. Brush skillet with butter between batches.
Drape smoked salmon on 6 blini and top with egg salad. Spoon caviar onto 6 more blini, then stack on egg-salad-topped blini.