{"id":2581,"date":"2014-01-08T17:13:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T22:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2014-01-08T17:17:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T22:17:11","slug":"beluga-lentil-caviar-with-potato-blini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/08\/beluga-lentil-caviar-with-potato-blini\/","title":{"rendered":"Beluga Lentil ‘Caviar’ With Potato Blini"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTESTED SIZE: 6-8 servings; makes 24 to 30 blini<\/p>\n

INGREDIENTS<\/p>\n

FOR THE CAVIAR
\n1\/2 cup dried black beluga lentils, rinsed
\n2 cups water
\n2 pieces kombu (dried seaweed, about 2 inches by 2 inches)
\n1 tablespoon sea salt
\n1 1\/2 tablespoons highest-quality extra-virgin olive oil
\nFOR THE BLINI
\n8 ounces Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled then coarsely chopped
\n1 teaspoon water
\n1 tablespoon unsalted butter
\n1\/2 cup flour
\n2 teaspoons baking powder
\n1\/2 teaspoon sea salt
\n1 teaspoon sugar
\n1 large egg
\n1 cup whole or low-fat buttermilk
\nCanola or other vegetable oil, for frying
\nFOR ASSEMBLY
\n1\/2 cup creme fraiche (may substitute low-fat sour cream or Greek-style yogurt)
\nCoarse sea salt (optional)
\n1\/4 cup chopped fresh dill
\nDIRECTIONS<\/p>\n

For the “caviar”: Rinse the lentils. Combine them with the water, kombu and salt in a small pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat so the mixture is barely bubbling around the edges; cover and cook until the lentils are just tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Allow the lentils to cool in the liquid.<\/p>\n

Discard the kombu, then drain the lentils and stir in the olive oil.<\/p>\n

For the blini: Combine the potato, water and butter in a microwave-safe dish; cover and microwave on HIGH for 6 minutes, until the potato is tender. Cool.<\/p>\n

Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Whisk together the egg and buttermilk in a small bowl.<\/p>\n

Run the cooled potato mixture through a ricer into the bowl with the flour mixture. (If you don’t have a ricer, mash very thoroughly with a potato masher or fork.) Whisk the buttermilk mixture into the flour-potato mixture.<\/p>\n

Pour 1 tablespoon of canola or vegetable oil into a large skillet over medium heat. Once it shimmers, add batter 1 tablespoon at a time to form small pancakes. (You’ll be able to fit about 5 blini at a time in a 12-inch skillet.) Cook until bubbles form all over the blinis’ surface and the blini are deeply browned on one side, 2 to 3 minutes; carefully flip and cook on the second side, then transfer to a plate. Working in batches, cook the remaining blini, adding oil to the pan between batches if it looks dry.<\/p>\n

To assemble, top each blini with cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche and a teaspoon of beluga lentils. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt, if desired, and garnish with fresh dill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TESTED SIZE: 6-8 servings; makes 24 to 30 blini INGREDIENTS FOR THE CAVIAR 1\/2 cup dried black beluga lentils, rinsed 2 cups water 2 pieces kombu (dried seaweed, about 2 inches by 2 inches) 1 tablespoon sea salt 1 1\/2 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2590,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimbly.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}