Whole grain and gluten free!
Blinis are small pancakes made with buckwheat flour, traditionally served with melted butter, soured cream and other garnishes such as caviar. They originate from Russia, but their popularity has spread the world over.
Way back in August last year I was sent a parcel filled with some gorgeous Dove’s Farm gluten free flours and grains to play with, one of them being their new 130 gram buckwheat flour containers.
These small tubs are the perfect size for trying out new grains and experimenting with flavours without having to buy a large bag of flour (thinks of that big bag of gram flour I ended up throwing away recently as I only used it once…). They’re very reasonably priced too – the buckwheat flour tub is only £1.49.
Despite having the word ‘wheat’ in its name, the triangular buckwheat seed is not a kind of wheat grain, but is actually related to the rhubarb family. This slightly speckled flour milled from whole buckwheat has a mild, earthy sweetness and is great used in baking.
On the side of each container there are one or two handy, simple recipes to try. I’d earmarked this buckwheat pancake recipe several months ago but only got around to making it today – and they are super! Stacked with fresh blueberries and sliced strawberries with a drizzling of acacia honey I had a rather indulgent breakfast this morning!
Now to get experimenting with the rest of the flours! What would you make with them?
Ingredients
- 75 grams buckwheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 free-range egg
- 150 ml full fat milk
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
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Instructions
- Mix together the flour and baking powder in a small bowl.
- Add the egg and milk and beat well until combined.
- Heat a little oil in a heavy frying pan.
- Put teaspoonfuls of batter into the hot pan. If you want larger pancakes use a larger measure (I have a small ladle that I use to make them all evenly sized).
- Cook until bubbles begin to appear and then flip over and cook the other side.
- Repeat until the batter is used. Serve immediately.
Notes
Environmental Information
Linking up with Tasty Tuesdays by Honest Mum, and since this recipe has been bookmarked since I saw it last year I’m sharing with Bookmarked Recipes co-hosted by Jacqueline over at Tinned Tomatoes and Lisa at Lisa’s Kitchen.
OTHER BUCKWHEAT RECIPES YOU MIGHT LIKE:
Spiced buckwheat & oat porridge with coconut & carrot by Fuss Free Flavours
Buckwheat and chia seed chocolate chip cookies by Franglais Kitchen
Beetroot, blueberry and buckwheat pancakes by Veggie Desserts
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Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent a selection of Dove’s Farm gluten free grain and flour samples for review. All opinions expressed are our own and this is not a paid post.
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I love Dove flours and such a lot of gluten free ones just about to have a go at Blinis, have never used buckwheat., a new exciting time ahead
This recipe has become my favourite go-to recipe now. I love it so much and I hope you will enjoy it too! 🙂
They look fabulous! What a breakfast treat!
Oh my goodness these look amazing!
I really wonder why I have never made buckwheat pancakes yet… I eat kasha all the time, even have some buckwheat flour somewhere but making something sweet out of it never crossed my mind, maybe because in Poland we always make it savoury way. Love the idea!
These look and sound perfect. I’m going to keep an eye out for Doves grains x #tastytuesdays
I love these photos so much Elizabeth, berries and just so much fun to capture aren’t they? I will definitely hunt down some buckwheat. Thank you for sharing.
These look delicious- will need to try! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
I’ve never used buckwheat flour but these look just lovely!
I love different types of flour and those Doves Farm ones look fabulous! Could just tuck into those delicious looking blinis right now too:-)
These look gorgeous xx
Oh Yum! My mouth is watering, not long now until pancake day
Oh wow these look delicious I have to try buckwheat too! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
I’m coming to yours for breakfast! Buckwheat blinis laden with fruit and honey? Yes please! Mind you, I think in my house, most of those cute little pots of flours would last 5 minutes!! I agree they are great if you want to experiment though…… I am all for everyone having a hand in some gluten free baking!
Yum, these look so good. I use buckwheat flour a lot in pancakes but can never get them this thin. They look great! #tastytuesdays
These look sooooo good!
Ooh they look delicious filled with all of that fruit. You’re right, those tubs are just the right size to try out the different grains without feeling you have to commit.
Wow what a fantastic recipe! I haven’t seen the Doves Farm products before so I will have to keep an eye out for them. I just love your photography 🙂 #TastyTuesdays
ok this sounds and looks amazing and definitely something i will be giving a go , thank you for this x
wow they look so good, seriously love pancakes with fruit and maple syrup and I am wanting some right now x