6 Easy Recipes To Serve Up At Your Labor Day Bash

This first recipe is a sophisticated choice for your Labor Day party. Chef Tamu notes that these little salmon blinis are perfect paired with champagne, sake, white whine, or vodka, which is sure to delight your guests. Ingredients: Blinis Smoked Salmon Creme Fraiche or Sour Cream Salmon or Ossetra Caviar Instructions: Spread sour cream or creme fresh atop blinis*. Thinly slice the smoked salmon and place neatly on top of the cream. Garnish with caviar. Ingredients for Mini Green Blinis* 2/3 cup of warm whole milk 2 tablespoon sugar 2 eggs, (yolks and white separated) 1 package of dried yeast (.75oz) 3 tablespoon of butter, melted 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1 cup spinach 1 cup kale 1 cup chopped scallions 1 cup frozen peas(defrosted) oil for pan frying In large mixing bowl, mix warm milk and sugar and dissolve package of dry active yeast in the mixture until well incorporated, using whisk or wooden spoon. Add egg yolks, mix well. Chop kale and spinach very finely, add to the mixture. Make sure defrosted peas are air died well or pat dry them with paper towel before adding them to yeast mixture, add chopped scallions at this point too. Add all flour at once and mix until dough is created. Cover with plastic wrap and leave the bowl in warm place for 20-25 minutes.(Usually best place is on top of the refrigerator). Meanwhile, melt the butter in microwave safe dish,or stove top, let it cool. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites and salt with electric mixer until soft pick forms. Check the dough, It should have tripled in size. Add melted, cooled butter to it, mix it well, then carefully fold in beaten egg whites. Grease frying pan with bit of canola or vegetable oil, pour batter by tablespoon onto the pan to form small blinis. Cook until golden brown on both sides. [Photo and recipe courtesy of Chef Tamu Lola]