# Smoked Salmon Blinis

Fluffy homemade blinis, topped with chive crème, smoked salmon, and dill, perfect for a dinner party, brunch, or New Year's Eve.

- Cuisine: Other
- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- flour
- baking powder
- salt
- butter
- milk
- 1 egg
- fresh cream cheese
- crème fraîche
- chives
- lemon zest
- black pepper
- smoked salmon
- dill

## Instructions

1. Sift the flour into a bowl.
2. Add baking powder to the flour.
3. Add a pinch of salt to the flour mixture.
4. Pour milk into the dry ingredients and mix well with a whisk.
5. Add one egg to the batter and continue whisking until smooth.
6. Pour melted butter into the batter and mix.
7. Melt a small amount of butter in a pan over medium heat.
8. Pour small spoonfuls of batter into the hot pan to form blinis.
9. Cook the blinis until bubbles appear on the surface, then flip them to cook the other side.
10. In a bowl, combine fresh cream cheese and crème fraîche.
11. Chop fresh chives.
12. Add chopped chives to the cream cheese mixture.
13. Grate lemon zest into the cream cheese mixture.
14. Mix all ingredients for the chive crème until well combined.
15. Add black pepper to the chive crème and mix.
16. Spread a dollop of chive crème on each blini.
17. Top each blini with a piece of smoked salmon.
18. Garnish with fresh dill.

## Equipment

- bowl
- whisk
- sieve
- pan
- spatula
- spoon
- knife
- grater
- plate

## Tips

- These blinis are perfect for a date night, brunch, or for entertaining guests who claim not to eat much.
- The recipe is elegant, effortless, and dangerously easy to eat 12 in a row.
- Save this recipe for brunch, NYE, or when you need to impress without much effort.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKhXfUcvkzG/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4555aef1-488d-4f83-b603-4c41283b6cf5
- Extracted: 2025-07-06

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