I am so very sorry for not having posted a single recipe for 4 months but the morning sickness of my third pregnancy came quickly and lingered for far too long. We have now escaped London for our house in southern Sweden where we intent to stay put for the entire summer. I can slowly feel the taste buds returning to some sort of normality as well as my desire to cook.
My 5-year old went for a swimming lesson today but after about 10 minutes she was almost frozen solid. So we rushed home, put her in a steaming shower, dressed her warmly, snugged up under a duvet and made Austrian pancakes, Kaiserschmarrn, for lunch. My association with this dish is from fun days skiing with a bunch of friends as a child. After adventures in the slopes we would head for one of those rustic, genuine Austrian alp cottages to meet up with our parents for lunch. We would eat the most delicious Kaiserschmarrn with jam and defrost from the cold wind and snow. So apart from the snow the feeling is actually not too different to what we are experiencing in a cold and windy July in Sweden right now.
I hope that I will get the chance to share some of my summer recipes in the next couple of weeks. Although I typically have more time to cook when I am here it is also a place where there are so many other things to enjoy so practically all year around I am on the lookout for easy, guest and child friendly recipes for summery barbecue days. Especially taking advantage of all the amazing ingredients you can find growing in the fields around us.
This recipe is very similar to regular pancake ones but with the difference that you beat the egg whites.
Ingredients for 2 big and 2 little people with the addition of sausages or bacon.
3 eggs
1 3/4 dl flour
1 tsp sugar (optional)
1/2 tsp vanilla sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 dl milk
butter for cooking
raisins or sultanas optional
jam and powdered/icing sugar
Preparation
Mix the egg yolks, flour, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and milk. Then beat the egg whites until they are stiff. Add the egg whites to the flour and egg mix very carefully. Add raisins if you wish. Melt the butter and add the mixture to the pan. Cook on a low temperature until golden, then turn over, rip into pieces and continue cooking until finished. Place on a serving plate, sprinkle generously with powdered/icing sugar through a sieve and serve with your preferred jam and maybe sausages or bacon.
See you soon again.