Blini recipe; do I need a special pan?

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The Beloved has told me he wants to get caviar for NYE, and splurge on that instead of going out...makes sense to me!
I want to make blini to go with them...Anyone have a tried and true recipe and method? Do I need a special pan? Thanks....

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Here's the recipe I used last year though instead of caviar I used salmon roe
 
http://www.globalchefs.com/recipe/appetizer/web/app013cavw.htm

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Galleygirl, 
 
True Blini are made from buckwheat. If I remember correctly, they also contain yeast. I never had a special pan, but non-stick helps a lot.
 
I haven't made these in years, but used to do them for New Years. With caviar and a little sour cream.
 
They are easy to make, and delicious. I am sorry not to have a recipe for you, I am at the office . . . .

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I don't think you need a fancy blini pan, but . . .
 
I just did buckwheat blini a couple months ago using the recipe from epicurious. I used my biggest nonstick skillet. They turned out wonderful, but the first batch or two weren't perfect since my biggest nonstick skillet is an inexpensive one, not an All-Clad like my other pans. The cheap skillet just doesn't heat as evenly as the nicer ones. Oh well. Luckily there were only four of us so we had plenty of blini. (I made them earlier in the afternoon before the guests arrived and refrigerated them, let them come to room temperature before serving. They were great--we got three kinds of caviar from Tsar Nicoulai to go with them, plus creme fraiche and chives from our garden.)

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