Austrian recipe: Kaiserschmarn

KAISERSCHMARRN (Emperor’s Schmarrn)

15 minutes

The Autro-hungarian Emperor Franz Josef loved simply pastry dishes and his favorit dessert seemed to be the famous « Kaiserschmarrn » made from eggs, flour, milk and sugar. Rumour suggests that the thanks for this dish ought to go to a failed and shredded omelette. Whether or not that is true, the important thing is that the recipe has been passed down to us.

Ingredients

• 150 g of flour
• salt
• 4 spoons of sugar
• 250 ml of milk
• 50 g of raisins
• 100 g of butter
• powdered sugar

Preparation

• separate eggs
• beat egg whites until stiff
• mix together egg yolks, suger and salt
• add the flour and milk
• gently fold in raisins and whipped whites of eggs
• melt 60 g of butter over medium heat in a frying pan, add the paste and fry it until both sides are gold-colored.
• using two forkes, tear batter into pieces , add the rest of butter and continue cooking briefly
• strew with powdered sugar and serve with cranberry-jam !

Enjoy your meal !!