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Kaiserschmarrn Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Celebrating German Culture in America
Servings 2 -4 depending on portion size

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cup Flour
  • 4 Eggs - SEPARATED
  • pinch Salt
  • 1 cup Milk
  • few teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup cranberries or raisins optional (You can soak the raisins or cranberries in rum/juice/water for 15-30 minutes to soften them up)
  • Powdered Sugar or Sugar to serve
  • Oil for cooking

Instructions
 

  • Separate Eggs
  • Whip the egg whites to a stiff peak... set aside
  • Get out a medium sized bowl.
  • Add the Flour, and make a depression in the flour.
  • Pour the egg yolks into the depression.
  • Use a whisk, and slowly start combining the eggs with the flour while pouring the milk over the yolks.
  • Add salt
  • Continue whisking until smooth
  • Add lemon juice
  • Whisk until smooth.
  • Carefully fold in the beaten Egg White. (Folding is where you add a bit of the egg white, then with a spatula pull the egg white under the flour/milk mixture. Keep adding more egg white. You don't want to smash out all the air, but carefully scrape under and over until it's incorporated).
  • Add the Raisins or Cranberries if desired.
  • Heat a few Tablespoons of oil larger Frying pan over medium heat.
  • When it shimmers a bit, pour the batter into the pan.
  • It will be about 1/2 inch thick (more or less)
  • Let it cook until it starts to brown a bit on the bottom. (Bubbles may come up on top, but peek under from time to time, so you don't burn it)
  • With a pair of forks (this is tradition, and semi-important) Divide the pancake, and sort of scramble it. You could try flipping sections of it.
  • Just keep moving it around until it's all cooked.
  • Put into a serving bowl or on plates.
  • Sprinkle with Sugar or Powdered Sugar GENEROUSLY
  • Serve warm with Jam or Compote.

Notes

You might notice that this recipe does not use sugar in the batter... instead, you add sugar on top. The recipe I use is an old one, and typical of many German Recipes, not super sweet. If you need more sweetness, add 1/4 cup sugar to the flour in the beginning.