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UK
/blˈɪni/
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NOUN
- Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream
How To Use blini In A Sentence
- The blini of ground beef wrapped in a thin crêpe disappeared before I could get a taste of it, so I guess that means it must have been good, right?
- Locals and tourists alike find it hard to resist the allure of low-priced smoked fish, blinis, and beer served in a friendly, and, to be frank, kitschy atmosphere.
- Many local restaurants serve dishes such as pelmeni, blini, and shchi (cabbage soup).
- A blini batter is usually made with buckwheat flour and yeast, but here's a lighter version using all wheat flour with an added crunch of sweetcorn.
- Helena's beer adds an aggressive malty note to her blinis which, as we're more likely to be scoffing them with wine than vodka in this country, is not an ideal match with pre-dinner drinks. How to cook perfect blinis
- Keller's blinis are unusual in that the principal ingredient is potato – a whole pound to just 2 tablespoons of flour. How to cook perfect blinis
- But however tasty the results, it can't be denied that they're more like little röstis than blinis: both go very well with smoked fish, but even I couldn't eat more than a couple and still do justice to my dinner and in any case, we did them back in October. How to cook perfect blinis
- Blini are small crêpes served with different types of fillings; pirozhki are fried rolls that usually have a meat or vegetable filling.
- He recommends the caviar of the rare albino sturgeon, served preferably on a warm blini with cr fraiche.
- On January 15, in Trafalgar Square there will be 500 singers and dancers (all in costume naturally), ice skaters, balalaikas, hot borsch, blini, and pirozhki.