Last week, I was very fortunate to receive a wonderful package from Black Star Gourmet, an online gourmet food store featuring incredible luxurious food and ingredients, from Caspian caviar to Italian truffles. The package contained a caviar gift set, perfectly complete with everything one may need to enjoy a delicious caviar tasting, starting with a pack of homemade Russian miniature blini.
I only needed to warm up the blini and they were instantly ready to eat. I was definitely impressed, as they really did taste homemade.
Next in the package was a high quality Crème Fraiche from Kedall Farms in California, which was possibly the best crème fraiche I've ever had. A dollop of this milky and delicious cream was place on each of the blini.
The star ingredient was of course Beluga Caviar. This special caviar is actually the first ever sustainable caviar in the US. It is masterfully prepared using the "malossol", or lightly salted, method. These gorgeous black pearls have superb taste with delicate buttery umami-rich flavors.
A fine caviar like this may only be served using a mother of pearl spoon which Black Star Gourmet thoughtfully included in their package.
The caviar was just perfect with miniature blini and crème fraiche. We sampled this for our Saturday lunch and it was a very special treat.
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Would you like to sample this delicious Beluga Caviar? Thanks to Black Star Gourmet, one lucky person will be able to get the whole caviar gift package. The gift set will include:
- 1 oz Sustainable River Beluga Caviar
- 1 pack of 36 Russian Mini Blini
- 8 oz. jar of Creme Fraiche
- 1 5" Mother of Pearl Spoon
