Smoked Salmon Blinis

5 from 1 vote

Homemade smoked salmon blinis with parmesan cheese and 2 different flavors of cream cheese. Lemon chives cream cheese and honey mustard cream cheese. These simple appetizers are both beautiful and delicious!

Prep Time20

Cook Time7

Servings: blinis

Author: Bea & Marco

Ingredients

Parmesan Blinis

½ cup self rising flour (75 gr)
⅛ teaspoon salt (1 gr)
⅛ teaspoon baking powder (1 gr)
½ cup milk (125 ml), room temperature
1 egg , room temperature
1 tablespoon unsalted butter (15 ml), melted
¼ cup grated parmesan (15 gr)
some butter , for the pan
slices of smoked salmon , as needed
chives for decoration

Lemon Chives Cream Cheese

½ cup cream cheese (125 gr), room temperature
½ tablespoon lemon zest
½ tablespoon chopped chives
2 tablespoon lemon juice (30 ml)

Honey Mustard Cream Cheese

½ cup cream cheese (125 gr), room temperature
1 tablespoon mustard (15 ml)
1 tablespoon honey (15 ml)
½ teaspoon dried dill

Instructions

Parmesan Blinis

In a bowl, add in self rising flour, salt and baking powder. Whisk to combine and set aside.
In another bowl, add in milk and egg. Whisk to combine and then add in melted butter. Give it a few more whisk to combine everything.
Pour into previously prepared flour mixture. Mix everything just until well combined. Add parmesan and give it a last mix to combine everything.
Heat a pan with some butter on medium heat. Put 1 tablespoon of blinis batter onto the pan, giving some space in between them. Cook until you can see bubbles around the edges. Then flip and continue cooking for another minute until the blinis are fully cooked. Transfer to a plate and set aside.

Lemon Chives Cream Cheese

In a bowl, add in cream cheese, lemon zest, chives and lemon juice. Mix until well combined.
ASSEMBLING: Place 1 blini on a plate. Pipe some lemon chives cream cheese on top. Place a piece of smoked salmon on top of the cream cheese and finish it off with some sprinkle of chives. Do the same to the other 7 blinis.

Honey Mustard Cream Cheese

In a bowl, add in cream cheese, mustard, honey and dried dill. Mix until well combined.
ASSEMBLING: Place 1 blini on a plate. Put a piece of smoked salmon on top and then pipe some honey mustard cream cheese on top of the salmon. Finish it off by placing 2 crossed chives on top. Dp the same to the rest of the blinis.

Notes

The parmesan blinis can be perfectly kept frozen. To use, simply thaw in the fridge and then heat for a few seconds in the microwave to waken up the flavours again.

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