Buckwheat blini with caviar, apple and BlinQ Blossom

• 100% algae
• BlinQ Blossom®
• spice crumble
• caviar

For the blini:

• 400 g flour type 405
• 2 g fresh yeast
• 400 g buckwheat flour
• 500 g of water
• 750 g of milk
• 175 g of butter
• 5 eggs
• salt
• sugar

For the braised apple:

• 1 granny smith apple
• 4 Dushi® Buttons
• 1 cl white wine vinegar
• aniseed

For the sour apple cream:

• 2 granny smith apples
• 1 dl apple juice
• 2 Dushi Buttons
• 2 g xantana
• 200 g of sour cream

For the algae gel:

• Samphire
• 1 cucumber
• 3 g agar
• 15 g 100% algae
• Haco weiss

Dissolve the yeast in warm water, add the flour and let rise for 90 minutes. Then add the buckwheat and warm milk and let rise again for 90 minutes.

Add the egg yolks, sugar and warm butter and let rest for 60 minutes. Beat the egg whites lightly with some salt and stir with a spatula under the mass.

Fry the blinis in the pan over medium heat. Peel the apple and cut out pearls, mix it with the other ingredients and cook in the oven at 140°C for 8 minutes.

For the sour cream, peel the apples, cut into pieces, blender with the other ingredients except the sour cream, warm on speed 4 for 20 minutes, then blender for another 2 minutes and mix with the sour cream.

For the gel, centrifuge the cress and cucumber, pass through a sieve, bring to a boil with the Haco weiss and the agar, add the algae powder and set cold.

Blender smooth. Dress the sour cream on the plate and cover with the crumble.

Place a blini with caviar on top, add the apples with the gel and garnish with the BlinQ Blossom®.

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Spa & Golf Resort Weimarerland

Weimarer Str. 60, Blankenhain
Tel. 0049 36459 61640
www.golfresort-weimarerland.de

Recipe: Marcel Fischer
Source: Culinaire Saisonnier 88 - Spring 2018