Kaiserschmarrn
Kaiserschmarrn (German pronunciation: [ˈkaɪ̯zɐˌʃmaʁn] ⓘ) or Kaiserschmarren (German: [ˈkaɪ̯zɐˌʃmaʁən] ⓘ)[1] (Emperor's Mess[2]) is a lightly sweetened pancake that takes its name from the Austrian emperor (Kaiser) Franz Joseph I, who was fond of this fluffy shredded pancake. It is served as a dessert or as a light lunch alongside apple sauce and contains raisins or dried cranberries.
Kaiserschmarrn is a popular
Etymology
The name Kaiserschmarren is a compound of the words Kaiser (emperor) and Schmarren (a scrambled or shredded dish). Schmarren is also a colloquialism used in Austrian and Bavarian to mean trifle, mishmash, mess, rubbish, or nonsense. The word "Schmarren" may be related to scharren (to scrape) and schmieren (to smear [see schmear]).[citation needed]
Description
Kaiserschmarren is a light, caramelized
The pancake is shredded using two forks during frying and usually sprinkled with powdered sugar, then served hot with apple or plum sauce or various fruit compotes, including plum, lingonberry, strawberry, or apple. Kaiserschmarren is eaten like a dessert, or it can also be eaten for lunch at tourist places like mountainside restaurants and taverns in the Austrian Alps, as a filling meal.
Traditionally, Kaiserschmarren is accompanied with Zwetschgenröster, a fruit compote made out of plums.
Varieties
Like the closely related dish
History
It is generally agreed that the dish was first prepared for the Austrian
Another story is that Francis Joseph and his wife were traveling the Alps and stopped by a farmer's home for lunch. The farmer was so nervous that he threw all the fanciest ingredients he had into a pan to make a delicious pancake; worse yet, due to his nervousness and shaky hands he shredded the pancake. Hoping to cover up the mess he then covered it with plum jam. Luckily, the Kaiser thought it was delicious.
Another popular tale is that his wife was a poor cook and was not adept at flipping a pancake. She decided to play to her strengths and shred the pancakes instead and would serve them up to the Kaiser on a regular basis with jam. He liked them with jam. It was his favourite dessert.[6][failed verification]
References
- ^ Sheraton, Mimi (2002). The German Cookbook. New York: Random House.
- ^ Meehan, Monica; von Baich, Maria: Tante Hertha's Viennese Kitchen; New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.; London, Cape Town, Sydney, Auckland; 2011; page 148
- ^ June Meyers Authentic Hungarian Heirloom Recipes Cookbook
- ^ a b "smarni | Magyar etimológiai szótár". www.arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ Meehan, Monica; von Baich, Maria: Tante Hertha's Viennese Kitchen; New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.; London, Cape Town, Sydney, Auckland; 2011; page 148 (Kaiserschmarren)
- ^ "Contact - Kaisy's Delights". Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-06.