Igor Romanoff - Style Guru on Aston FM 06-05-09

Greetings to all my friends.

As I said on my last blog I have wonderful news. I am excited to tell you that I have been commissioned to install the identical hubcaps from the Selfridges building here in Birmingham on the outer walls of The Kremlin. Work is already underway. I am painting them Red for Russia.
I still think that they should be pink here in Birmingham. You can see in the picture how good it looks.















I have also submitted my designs for illuminating Spaghetti Junction so that it can be seen from space. I have a cousin already up there in the space station so I hope he will be able to see it.
















I hope you will send me your CVs for the Style Police. I want to make sure the citizens of Birmingham are dressed correctly. No more crop tops on fat people or baggy jeans around people's buttocks. This has to stop! Please send any photos and resumes c/o Gary James at Aston FM.

Please look out for my Blini shops, I have included a recipe below. It is very good with cream chees and smoked salmon.

Thank you for listening and reading my blog.

Igor.

Blinis

Ingredients

300ml Milk
1 Bay leaf
1 tsp dried Yeast,
50g plain flour, sifted
a pinch of Sugar
4 egg whites,
2 tbsp sunflower oil

Method

1. To make the blinis. Gently heat the milk with the bay leaf in a saucepan. Add the dried yeast to a large mixing bowl. Add the sifted flour to the yeast.

2. Slowly whisk the warm milk into the yeast mixture, discarding the bay leaf, making a smooth thick batter. Mix in the sugar.

3. Whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form. Using a metal spoon, gently fold the beaten egg white into the dough. Leave the batter to rest for at least 10 minutes.

4. Heat a heavy non-stick frying pan. Lightly coat with oil. Drop tablespoons of the blini batter into the pan, spacing well apart. Cook until bubbles appear on the surface of the blinis. Turn the blinis over gently using a palette knife or spatula and cook on the other side for a further 2 minutes.

5. Transfer the cooked blinis to a large flat serving plate. Repeat the process until all the batter has been used to make blinis.