Beluga Lentil 'Caviar' With Potato Blini

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Beluga lentils are truthful named due to the fact that they lucifer beluga caviar, and immoderate originative vegetarian cooks person utilized them successful recipes that play disconnected the resemblance -- and marque them sensation a small similar caviar, too. This attraction uses kombu, a benignant of dried seaweed, which imparts the briny spirit of the sea.

Kombu tin beryllium recovered successful earthy foods stores and Whole Foods Markets.

The lentils tin beryllium refrigerated successful their cooking liquid for up to 2 days. The blini tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 1 week oregon frozen for up to 3 months; thaw and/or reheat successful a 200-degree oven earlier using.

Adapted from "The Southern Vegetarian," by Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence (Thomas Nelson, 2013).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 6-8 (makes 24 to 30 blini)

For the caviar

1/2 cupful dried achromatic beluga lentils, rinsed
2 cups water
2 pieces kombu (dried seaweed, astir 2 inches by 2 inches)
1 tablespoonful oversea salt
1 1/2 tablespoons highest-quality extra-virgin olive oil

For the blini

8 ounces Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled past coarsely chopped
1 spoon water
1 tablespoonful unsalted butter
1/2 cupful all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 spoon oversea salt
1 spoon sugar
1 ample egg
1 cupful full oregon low-fat buttermilk
Canola oregon different rootlike oil, for frying

For assembly

1/2 cupful crème fraîche (may substitute low-fat sour pick oregon Greek-style yogurt)
Coarse oversea brackish (optional)
1/4 cupful chopped caller dill

Adapted from "The Southern Vegetarian," by Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence (Thomas Nelson, 2013).

Tested by Joe Yonan.

Published January 7, 2014

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Updated March 14, 2026

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