I once did a "russian" themed supper with my mother; we made Pelmeni (a russian dumpling/tortelini in chicken broth, delicious!), an aubergine dish, and, chablinki crepes, filled with cream cheese and red salmon roe, fake red caviar. They were absolutely delicious as a small starter, and so I decided to have them as a small appetiser in this 7 course menu I am making for my parents. In the supermarket, salmon roe is much more expensive than lumpfish caviar, so I used lumpfish caviar. But if you prefer a more colourful dish, you can definitely buy the salmon roe, or any caviar you wish!
Ingredient
1 egg
70g plain flour
pinch of salt
pepper
70 ml milk
water if needed, depending on the consistency of the batter
1 tsp of oil
cream cheese / mascarpone
fake caviar
Recipe
Mix the flour with the salt + crack of pepper.
Make a well and pour in the egg + gradually the milk, whisking all the while making gradually bigger circles, so as to make as little lumps as possible.
The batter should be quite thin, add in as much cold water as needed for it to be.
Finally add in the oil and mix.
Cover with cling film and reserve in the fridge ahead of time, up to 2 days if needed.
Cook in a very lightly greased hot pan, swirling the pan round when adding the batter, to make a very thin crepe. The pan must be hot!
When cooked on the bottom (1 min approx), flip and cook on the other side (another min).
Reserve on a plate to cool.
Spread the cream cheese/mascarpone on in a thin layer. Season with salt + pepper and add a little lumpfish caviar, dotting it on the crepe in different areas.
Roll/fold the crepe in the shape that you wish. I used a mould to place the pieces of rolled crepe in a neat circle shape. Garnish with a little more caviar.