Blueberry Blinis with whipped goats cheese and Blueberry, black pepper chutney

Serves: 4 as nibbles

Ingredients

  • 150g plain flour

  • 150ml milk

  • 1 egg, separated

  • 1/ 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

  • 200g rindless goats cheese

  • 50ml double cream

  • touch of salt and pepper

    Quick chutney;

  • 1 shallot finely diced

  • 250g Chilean blueberries

  • 50g brown sugar

  • 100ml white wine vinegar

  • Good grind of black pepper

 

Method

  1. Firstly make the chutney, add the shallots, blueberries, vinegar, and sugar to a medium saucepan and then bring to the boil. Turn down and simmer for 30 minutes until thick, then add the black pepper. Then stir, set aside and cool.

  2. Then bring the goats cheese up to room temperature and beat well with the cream and seasoning.
    Then to make the blinis, mix all the ingredients together in a medium bowl and heat up a frying pan to a medium heat. Spoon one dessert spoonful in at a time to make tiny bite sized pancakes.

  3. Cook for 1 minute then flip over and cook on the other side. Take off the heat and cool.
    When you are ready to eat, spoon a little of the goats cheese onto each pancake and then top with a little chutney.

  4. Serve as nibbles with drinks.

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