Name: Spelt blini with hot smoked salmon and crème fraîche
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: ⅔ cup (100g) plain spelt flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 egg; ½ cup (125ml) buttermilk; 20 g butter, melted; pin sea salt; cooking-oil spray; 1 cup (240g) crème fraîche; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 300 g hot smoked salmon, flaked; 3 radishes (105g), trimmed, sliced thinly; 2 tablespoons fresh dill sprigs

Spelt blini with hot smoked salmon and crème fraîche

Entertaining is simple with these quick spelt blini topped with hot-smoked salmon and crème fraîche

Ingredients

⅔ cup (100g) plain spelt flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 egg

½ cup (125ml) buttermilk

20 g butter, melted

pin sea salt

cooking-oil spray

1 cup (240g) crème fraîche

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind

2 teaspoons lemon juice

300 g hot smoked salmon, flaked

3 radishes (105g), trimmed, sliced thinly

2 tablespoons fresh dill sprigs

Method

1.Sift flour and baking powder into a medium bowl; make a well in the centre. Whisk egg, buttermilk, butter and salt in a jug; pour into dry ingredients, stir until just combined. Stand for 5 minutes.

2.Coat the base of a large frying pan with cooking-oil spray; heat pan over medium heat. Spoon 2 teaspoons of mixture for each blini into pan (6 at a time); cook blini for 1 minute each side or until browned. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining mixture to make 24 blini in total.

3.Combine crème fraîche, rind and juice in a medium bowl; season to taste.

4.Top blini with crème fraîche mixture, salmon, radish and dill. Season with ground black pepper.

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