Recipe for Kaiserschmarrn - the original Austrian pancakes

Kaiserschmarren

 

Ingredients for Kaiserschmarrn

• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
• Some milk
• 3 eggs
• A shot of rum
• Butter
• Raisins
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Topping:

• Stewed plums
• Confectioners’ sugar

Ingredients for Kaiserschmarrn

How to make Austrian pancakes step by step

Mix flour, vanilla sugar, milk and salt to a thick paste. Stir in eggs and add in the bit of rum until batter is smooth. Melt butter in a heated pan, pour in the batter and scatter raisins over top. Cover the pan with a lid and let the whole bake until both sides are golden brown.

Using two forks, tear pancake into pieces, sprinkle with sugar and let caramelize slightly. Dust with confectioners’ sugar and serve hot with stewed plums.

Mix flour, vanilla sugar, milk, salt and eggs and stir until batter is smooth.

Melt butter in a heated pan, pour in the batter and scatter raisins over the top.

Cover the pan with a lid and let the mixture bake until both sides are golden brown.

Using two forks, tear the pancake into pieces, sprinkle with sugar and let it caramelise slightly.

Dust with icing sugar and serve with plum jam.