- 1 cup All-purpose floursifted
- 1 cup Whole milk
- 3 Eggs
- ¼ cup Unsalted buttermelted
- Sea salt
- ¼ cup Grape seed oil
- ½ cup Confectioners' sugar
- 2 tbsp Rumoptional
For serving:
- Fruit jamapple jam or compote and/or cranberry jam
Kaiserschmarrn – Austrian Pancakes
These Kaiserschmarrn (Emperor’s Mess Pancakes)– Austrian Pancakes are my take on the classic Alpine dessert. Kaiserschmarrn get their name from the words Kaiser meaning emperor and Schmarren which is a word to describe shredded or scrambled food. These pancakes are light and caramelized and are made from a sweet batter made with flour, eggs, sugar, salt, and milk, baked in butter. The pancake is broken up while cooking, similar to scrambled egg.
Start by making a batter from flour, milk, eggs and melted butter. Cook in a large skillet. Once browned on one side, flip the pancake using a spatula or by shaking the pan and flipping if you dare! After a minute or two break the pancake into pieces using two forks. Flambé the pieces by setting rum alight in the pan. Once the flames die down, add apple or cranberry compote and serve in the skillet.
To make Kaiserschmarrn – Austrian Pancakes, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Kaiserschmarrn – Austrian Pancakes
1 | Make batter | 3 |
Place 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1 cup of whole milk, 3 eggs and melted unsalted butter in a large bowl with a pinch of sea salt and whisk well. | ||
2 | Leave to rest | 25 |
Leave the batter to rest at room temperature for 20-30 minutes. | ||
3 | Heat oil | 3 |
Place grape seed oil in a large, well-seasoned frying pan over medium heat and heat until it shimmers. | ||
4 | Cook batter | 3 |
Pour the batter into the pan and leave it sit untouched, until slightly brown on the bottom. | ||
5 | Flip | 2 |
Flip the pancake using a spatula or by shaking the pan. Continue to cook for about 2 minutes until brown on the other side. | ||
6 | Break the pancake | 2 |
Use two forks to coarsely chop the pancake into 1-2-inch pieces. | ||
7 | Add confectioners’ sugar | 1 |
Add a liberal sprinkle of confectioners’ sugar. | ||
8 | Flambé | 1 |
Flambé the pancake with 2 tablespoons of rum. | ||
9 | Serve | 1 |
Serve the Kaiserschmarrn straight from the pan with apple or cranberry jam or compote. Enjoy! | ||
Recipe Reviews
Thanks for your question Laura. "Flambé the pieces by setting rum alight in the pan. Once the flames die down, add apple or cranberry compote and serve in the skillet."
Can you explain how to flambé in more detail please?
Yummy-yummy! Your Kaiserschmarrn looks delicious!
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