These low carb blini use jicama as a base instead of a pancake! A tasty appetizer with smoked salmon, horseradish cream, and caviar.
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There are many ways to make blini but pretty much all of them start with a batter that is cooked into small round pancakes. These pancakes become the base for all kinds of toppings: the ones I have eaten most frequently involve sour cream, smoked salmon and/or caviar.
Preparing a low carb version of the pancakes is of course one option - but I decided to try something completely different - and use rounds of jicama! You do get some wastage while making this recipe, so save any off cuts of jicama for snacking!
This appetizer certainly has a "wow" factor when you present it to the table. And two blinis come in at under 3g net carbohydrates!
How to Make Low Carb Blini
Make a cream sauce by mixing together sour cream and horseradish. Set aside. Cut the jicama into ½" slices - no need to peel.
Use a small circle cookie cutter (about 2") to make rounds from the jicama.
Spread a little of the cream sauce (about ¼-½ teaspoon) on each jicama round. Add a small piece of smoked salmon to each blini, then add a small dollop of caviar (I used black lumpfish). I do love a good caviar appetizer - it always seems so decadent!
Finish with chopped chives. So pretty! Oh and I got the serving platter from Target, but here's a similar one from Amazon.
Oh - and they don't all have the chives because one of my guests has an allergy to onions and I figured that as they are related to chives I'd make some without.
📖 Recipe
Low Carb Blini
Ingredients
Equipment
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Mix the sour cream and horseradish together and set aside.
- Cut the jicama into ½" slices (no need to peel), then cut into rounds using a 2" circle cookie cutter.
- Spread some of the cream sauce onto the jicama, then add a small piece of smoked salmon.
- Add ¼ teaspoon to each blini, then finish with chopped chives.
Nutrition
Notes
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Let us know how it was!Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is my best approximation. Net carbs are calculated as the total grams carbs minus the total grams of fiber.
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