Name: Caviar and Salmon Blini Tortes
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes 2 servings
Ingredients: 1 hard-boiled large egg, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons sour cream; 1 tablespoon finely chopped chives; 2 tablespoons buckwheat flour; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/8 teaspoon baking soda; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 1/4 cup whole milk; 1 large egg, separated; 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled, divided; 1/4 lb thinly sliced smoked salmon at room temperature; 2 ounces trout caviar, such as rainbow- trout caviar, or salmon roe; Garnish: sour cream; chopped chives

Caviar and Salmon Blini TortesRomulo Yanes

With sustainability in mind, we taste-tested a variety of domestic caviars. Trout roe had the pop and brininess we were looking for—and it was especially pretty.

Cooks' note:

Egg salad can be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring to cool room temperature before using.

Recipe information

Total Time
50 min
Yield
Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

For egg salad

1 hard-boiled large egg, finely chopped

2 tablespoons sour cream

1 tablespoon finely chopped chives

For blini

2 tablespoons buckwheat flour

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon sugar

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup whole milk

1 large egg, separated

1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled, divided

For filling

1/4 lb thinly sliced smoked salmon at room temperature

2 ounces trout caviar, such as rainbow- trout caviar, or salmon roe

Garnish: sour cream; chopped chives

Preparation

Make egg salad:
Step 1
Stir together all ingredients and a pinch of salt.
Make blini:
Step 2
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.
Step 3
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.
Fill tortes:
Step 4
Drape smoked salmon on 6 blini and top with egg salad. Spoon caviar onto 6 more blini, then stack on egg-salad-topped blini.

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Recipe information

Ingredients

For egg salad

For blini

For filling

Preparation

Make egg salad:

Step 1

Make blini:

Step 2

Step 3

Fill tortes:

Step 4

Recipe notes