Banana Blinis A La Tina
What a breakfast!!! I found this recipe in Self magazine (March 2009) the other day. (Supposedly, it’s Anna Kournikova’s recipe.) The original recipe made 18 blinis, which was WAY too many for me, so I halved the recipe and made some minor changes to it.
So, what are these blinis? Honestly, I had no idea, but they looked delicious to me! From Wikipedia:
A blintz, blintze or blin (plural is ‘Blinis’ Russian) is a thin pancake. It is somewhat similar to a crêpe with main difference being the fact that yeast is always used in blini, but not used in crêpes.
I topped my blinis with banana slices and maple syrup. They were SO GOOD! The blinis were soft and sort of chewy like a crepe, but thicker like a pancake. Holy yum!
Banana Blinis A La Tina
Makes 8-9
Ingredients:
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tsp sugar
Dash of salt
1/2 tsp white vinegar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tbsp butter (for pan)
1 banana
Maple syrup
Directions:
- Mix egg, milk, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add vinegar, flour, and baking soda. Mix well.
- Melt butter (I used Olivio) in medium skillet over low to medium heat.
- Pour a thin layer of batter into the skillet.
- Fry until golden.
- Flip and repeat.
- Top with sliced banana and maple syrup.
Banana blinis with half of a glass of iced coffee– I drank the other half while cooking blinis! 
The lighting in my apartment stinks! It’s not doing this amazing breakfast justice! I swear they were very scrumptious! 
Spring it!Posted by: Tina 32 comments
Posted in: Recipes
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I always find those “celebrity recipes” kind of funny. Those blinis look so delicious!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:09 am
those look so good!
I really wish I was home making blinis
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Those look delicious! I have lighting issues in my apt. too. I am always amazed at the beautiful pics that other bloggers have, but I can’t seem to figure out how to do it! Even with the lighting, the blinis still look amazing!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:24 am
AMAAAAZING breakfast!! Love SELF magazine recipes
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Gorgeous breakfast!!!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:36 am
That looks so good! Very fancy for your day off!
I have some bananas to use up so I want to have these soon!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:48 am
They look scrumptious! It’s cold & rainy here today and it would be a perfect morning for some hot blinis.
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:49 am
my grandmother makes ROCKIN blinis. i’ll try to make her make some over next week when I’m home to demonstrate the authentic Russian way
those look great!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:51 am
I am loving this recipe Tina! So happy for you to have a day off! Get back in the groove.
zesty
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Ha they still look amazing even with your lighting. And if you want to talk about bad lighting, I definitely can sympathize!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Looks delicious. Thanks for posting the recipe.
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Those look scrumptious!! I most definitely need to try that recipe!
Have a wonderful day!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
that looks so delicious!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I never heard of blinis and yours look AMAZING! I feel like I need them right now or I won’t be happy!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
WOW those look amazing!!!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
That breakfast looks really good
Have a great day!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Holy crap those look to die for!! I have all of the ingrd on hand and I’m going to make them tomorrow. Thanks for the idea.
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Looks like a great start to the middle of the week!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
looks so good! banana pancakes and maple are my fav, especially banana buckwheat pancakes with a little whipped cream and maple syrupt = amazing!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
oh my goodness, talk about the perfect breakfast!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I’m not sure if it’s Anna’s recipe but growing up in a Russian household, these are pretty darn accurate. We never had them with bananas- but they were smothered in sour cream and sprinkled with sugar!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
wow these look great!! definitely testing out this weekend
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Mmm!!!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Yum!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Hey Tina, can you freeze the extra you think? Or do you know how to modify the recipe to serve one?
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
@angelcubbie: Maybe? I’m not sure to tell you the truth. If you try it, please let me know how they hold up!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I tore that recipe out too!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
FYI–I don’t want to sound like a know it all or anything but “blini” is actually the plural form in Russian! One is a “blin.” But in English we usually say “blini” and “blinis.” I’m a Slavic major so this is interesting to me. Blinis or blini, this looks like a fabulous breakfast I’m going to try soon!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Fun breakfast!
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
What you don’t think she cooks those or eats those?
They look delicious!!!!
Are you getting a garmin!?!?!?!!! I think I saw it on your “to do” list. I am v. jealous!
on Mar 12th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I love making nice breakfasts on my days off!! Those look SO yummy!!!
on Jul 21st, 2009 at 4:05 pm
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