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Austria

Kaiserschmarrn (Austrian Shredded Pancake)

| Austrian Cuisine Kaiserschmarrn, which can be translated as "the emperor’s mess", is a traditional Austrian dish, which is renowned far across the Austrian borders. There are numerous stories about the recipe's origin, most of which center on Emperor Franz Josef I, who was Emperor of Austria from 1848 to 1916. One story says that the dish was first cooked by a farmer’s wife who was visited by the emperor as he was in need of shelter because of bad weather. The farmer’s wife made a common "Holzfällerschmarrn" (a sweet dish made from a dough of flour and fat), which she refined with eggs, milk

Suits: Vegetarian, Pescatarian. Allergens named in the ingredients: Gluten, Eggs, Milk. Flags come from what shops, restaurants and cooks list and from the ingredient names. Always check the label. This is not medical advice.

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups (500 ml) milk
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 ½ cups (350 grams) flour
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • 2 tbsp (30 grams) butter or margarine
  • Icing sugar, for dusting

Method

  1. Separate the whites from the yolks.
  2. Put yolks, milk, sugar and salt in a bowl and whip well.
  3. Fold in the flour while stirring thoroughly until the mass is pasty.
  4. Add the raisins to the mixture.
  5. Whisk the whites until they are stiff and then fold them into the mixture.
  6. Melt the butter in a frying pan, and add the dough.
  7. Cook until the pancake gets solid at the bottom.
  8. Divide the mass into quarters with a wooden spoon or spatula and turn them over. After a little while start scrambling the quarters.
  9. Keep turning the Kaiserschmarrn until it is done.
  10. Serve with icing sugar on top.