Caviar and Salmon Blini Tortes

Caviar and Salmon Blini Tortes

With sustainability in mind, we taste-tested a variety of domestic caviars.

Ingredients of Caviar and Salmon Blini Tortes

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

Description of Caviar and Salmon Blini Tortes

Make egg salad:

Stir together all ingredients and a pinch of salt.

Make blini:

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.

Fill tortes:

Drape smoked salmon on 6 blini and top with egg salad. Spoon caviar onto 6 more blini, then stack on egg-salad-topped blini.

Notes and Tips for Caviar and Salmon Blini Tortes

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

yield: Makes 2 servings/active time: 50 min/total time: 50 min

Source - Epicurious.com