Blini recipes

These dainty little Eastern European pancakes have a distinctive flavour and are party perfect. Finish with two toppings - beetroot and quail's egg, and smoked salmon pâté - for a creative canapé

Beautifully bite-sized canapés to hand round at your next party - just five ingredients and ready in 15 minutes

Give your guests a fresh, light start to a dinner party meal with this glamorous, seasonal starter

A taste of Russia, with a modern twist

Transform boxty (Irish pancakes) into blinis topped with smoked trout. Ireland meets Eastern Europe by way of Scandinavia – a perfect mash-up for Eurovision!

Tasty pop-in-the-mouth nibbles to impress guests with before dinner

A tempting and tasty gluten-free option for your party guests. These are a little like small blinis

These super-sized buckwheat pancakes make a great dinner party or festive starter for sharing

A lazy brunch of fluffy, blini-style potato cakes topped with a Scandinavian-inspired smoked fish salad

Make these salmon, buckwheat and spelt chrain blinis ahead and heat them up as a hassle-free party canapé or plated as a starter. They freeze really well, too

Make a canapé classic of salmon and herb blinis, which you can rustle up in less than 20 minutes using four ingredients. Ideal for a dinner party

Spend less time cooking on Christmas Day with this simple yet luxurious starter. It requires almost no hands-on time and uses shop-bought elements for ease