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Recipe for cocktail buckwheat blini

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Recipe for cocktail buckwheat blini

By Debra Samuels | GLOBE CORRESPONDENT   DECEMBER 24, 2013 Makes about 70 2-inch rounds The raised pancakes blini are traditionally dipped into butter but can also be eaten with a variety of toppings, from a humble spoonful of jam to glistening orbs of black or red caviar with all the trimmings. “Blini are one of the …

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Here’s the flip side to holiday tradition

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LEXINGTON — Bleary-eyed souls are making their way to the Battle Green. A shot rings out. The all-volunteer army is spurred into action. Ready, aim, flip! Did you think only the British were coming? The other great Patriots Day tradition in this historic town is pancake breakfasts. Next Monday, hungry hordes who waited for hours …

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Aebleskiver, Denmark’s answer to the doughnut

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Aebleskiver, Denmark’s answer to the doughnut

COPENHAGEN — Ask any Dane or Danish-American about aebleskive, and you’ll be treated to broad smiles. Aebleskiver –literally ”apple slice” — is a pancake puffball that rarely contains the apple tidbit originally tucked into its center as a sweet surprise. But the name, pronounced ay-bla-skeever, has stuck. Gone in two bites, this traditional Danish dessert, …

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