Sunday # 6 Blintz or Bliny

The first jury of today: Emil, Karolina, Joakim, Fredrik (Annas brother) and Anna.
E and J ate ordinary plättar - small pancakes.

The second jury of the day: DRC-Anna, Selma 14 months, Abbe and Cecilia

A view from the waterfront just below our building, facing Old Town, onthe left Långholmen´s Shipyard.

The English word blintz comes from the Yiddish "blintse" which in turns come from blin. "blin" comes from Old Slavic mlin, that means "to mill" (Wikipedia). I did a buckwheat pancake with no religous connections (or not to me anyway), and that might be called a Bliny. Who knows, I don´t, I´m swedish.


We had a russian theme this week for no apparent reason. Someone, forgot who, thought of it last week. So the plan was for a beet root soup called Borsjtj and Bliny. But on Friday I met Markus´ Mom Malou, who contributed woth a recepie, hereforth know as the 3M pancake, and had to add that too. Could also be called the 3 egg pancake, cause it has 3 times the amount of egg as an ordinary pancake.
Borsjtj

800 gr beet root
300 gr carrots
200 gr swede (one of the reasons to make this)
200 gr celery
2 red apples
600 gr cabbage
2 onions
2 cloves of garlic
2 dl chopped sour pickled gherkin
1,5 liters of vegetable stock
1-2 tbsp white vinegar
Salt and black pepper

Fry onion and garlic in a bit of oil. Grind all the root vegetalbles on the coarse side of a grater or in a food processor. Mix it with the stock and simmer for 20-30 mins. Save some of the beet root to add just at the end, will preserve a beautiful red color.
Serve with sour cream, or smetana if you got it.


Bliny

25 g yeast
5 dl milk
2 dl buck wheat flour
2 dl wheat flour
2 egg yolks
1/2 tsp Salt
3 tbsp sour cream
2 egg white

Heat the milk to 37 degrees, mix it with the yeast. Add everything but the sour cream and the egg whites. Make a smooth batter and leave it to rise for 1-1½ hour in a warm place.
Whip egg whites to a foam. Carefully mix it wit the batter.
Fry on middle heat griddle.
Serve with sour cream, roe and red onion or sour pickled gherkin and honey.



3M pancake

1 dl wheat flour
2 dl milk
3 eggs
pinch of salt

Proceed as usual. Turned out very good.


My parents, Birgit and Nils, came over, became jury number 3.

As you figure out I don´t have memory nor typing skills good enough to post everybodys opinion. So, in conclusion:
People like Bliny and for someone who is getting bored with the ordinary pancakes (not me:) they are a very nice option. Could be agood appetizer or starter.
Borsjtj is a tasty, cheap soup. Also makes your pee red.
3 M pancakes are sort of omelette with flour in it. Excellent for a quick snack or bodybuilders. Sweet or savory depends on accessories.