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Gear of the Week | Kaiserschmarrn

After the ski tour is before the ski tour

by Lea Hartl 04/03/2022
You come home after a ski tour, your clothes are damp, you're shivering and you jump into the shower. The question then quickly arises: What are we going to eat?

First of all, of course, you have to decide whether it should be savoury or sweet. Personally, I tend to favour the latter, especially on cold days In the land of pastries with a penchant for desserts as main courses, there is usually a more or less appealing selection of suitable options, even in ski huts. Kaiserschmarrn, the classic par excellence, often comes out of a bag in the huts, is too sweet or too greasy, burnt or already cold when it arrives at the table. And anyway, we're already showered and changed at home and not at the hut. So: do it yourself!

It almost always tastes better and Kaiserschmarrn can also be easily adapted to suit individual tastes. Don't fancy sultanas? Just leave them out! Your tour mates are still hungry? There are probably a few extra eggs in the fridge! Rum flavouring makes you sick? Never mind, just replace it with Schnapps (or, even easier and generally better, leave it out altogether)! Another advantage: if you cook when you're hungry, it's usually a bit too much and afterwards you'll be so full that you probably won't have to cook anything again in the evening.

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Kaiserschmarrn consists of a kind of pancake batter, only the egg whites are whipped. The basic ingredients are flour, eggs and milk, as well as fat for the pan and sugar to taste. Everything else (sultanas, rum, etc.) is optional. A "garnish" of compote, roaster, apple sauce or similar is advantageous, but you can also improvise here. There are probably people who see it differently, but we say: you can't go too far wrong with Kaiserschmarrn. If the beaten egg whites don't stiffen properly or you stir them in too vigorously, the end product will be less fluffy, but still perfectly edible. You can prevent it from sticking to the pan by using enough fat, perhaps in combination with a coated pan to be on the safe side.

Germködel is the main competitor to Kaiserschmarrn in the "fills you up after skiing and is sweet" category. However, they are much more complicated to make, you have to plan ahead (yeast dough!), need more specialised ingredients and sometimes things go so wrong that "edible" becomes debatable. So for post-ski tour hunger and topping up your energy stores with sugar and fat, nothing beats Kaiserschmarrn!

(Recipe variations in the picture gallery below.)

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