A small unsweetened pancake made of buckwheat flour and often leavened with yeast These pancakes are often brushed with large amounts of melted butter and served with caviar and sour cream Other versions may be made of vegetable purees or semolina flour
They are Russian pancakes made with yeast and buckwheat flour, and have been made in Russia for hundreds of years They are used in place of puff pastry for canapes to serve caviar, smoked salmon, and a number of other savory foods
[Russian] A small unsweetened pancake made of buckwheat flour and often leavened with yeast These pancakes are often brushed with large amounts of melted butter and served with caviar and sour cream Other versions may be made of vegetable purees or semolina flour
blin
Aussprache
Etymologie
() From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bi-linnanan (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”). Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”).