Russian pancakes recipes

Maslenitsa is here already, so let's prepare at home some traditional Russian pancakes!

How I do them!

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• pinch of salt
• 110 gr. of flour
• 200 ml of milk
• 75 ml. of water
• 2 table spoons of butter

  

        

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and the salt. Sift the flour into the bowl, and stir in along with the milk and the water. Add the butter too. Mix until smooth and well blended. The batter should be thin.
2. Heat a griddle or skillet over medium heat. Lightly butter the pan. Remember the Russian pancakes you only fry on butter! It's a butter week, no?. Tilt the pan to spread the batter out evenly. Then you can start pooring the "dough". Wait until the edges of your "blin" are crisp looking and the center appears dry, slide a spatula carefully under the crepe. Flip, and cook for about few seconds on the other side, or until lightly browned.
3. Remove your "blini" to a plate. Put a little butter on top, (butter never spoils the taste) and continue to stack the pancakes on top of each other. To serve, spread with desired filling, then fold in half, and in half again to form a triangle or you can just roll them actually, creating a small tube.

Possible fillings:

Could be anything, really...cheese and ham (People who are doing the Easter Fasting during the Butter week cannot eat meat), fried mushrooms and onions, smoked salmon (my favorite one), the sweet alternative could be lemon juice with a bit of sugar or honey....mmmm!! I like all of them!!