Viennese Style Breakfast Crêpes Palatschinken Food

AUSTRIAN TOPFENPALATSCHINKEN - AUSTRIAN SWEET CRêPES

Steps:

• Dough:.
• 1: Whisk together flour, milk, 4 whole eggs, the dash of sparkling mineral water and the pinch of salt to a relatively liquid dough. (If you like your dough sweet, add a table spoon of sugar).
• 2: Let the dough sit for about 15 minutes.
• Filling:.
• 1: Break 2 eggs into a bowl and add 120g of sugar, vanilla sugar and beat until fluffy.
• 2: Add curd or ricotta (or ricotta/cream cheese mixture), lemon cest and again mix together well.
• Preparation of Crêpes:.
• 1: Add 10g of butter to a skillet and let it melt, wait until it's sizzling hot (don't let it get brown).
• 2: Add about 6 tablespoons of the dough and disperse it all over the skillet's bottom.
• 3: Flip Palatschinken over after it has "set" (allow the "Palatschinken" to get some light colour on both sides.).
• 4: Butter a casserole dish and fill the crêpes with the curd filling, roll them up and put them in the casserole (side to side).
• Topping
• 5: Whisk together the remaining last egg, confectioner's sugar and crème fraîche and pour over the crêpes.
• Bake for 15-20 minute by 200°C.

TOPFENPALATSCHINKEN - CREPES WITH QUARK FILLING

Steps:

• For the batter:.
• Combine milk, one egg, half of the softened butter and salt, mix at medium speed for a minute, reduce to low speed and gradually add the flour, blend for another minute.Cover and refrigerate for one hour.
• Lightly butter a non stick skillet or omelette pan, heat over medium heat, ladle a little of the batter into the pan. Lift and swirl pan to cover entire surface, cook for @ 1 minute. Lift edge with a spatula to loosen and turn; cook ca. 30 seconds more and remove to a platter. Repeat with remaining batter, adding butter as needed.
• For the Filling:.
• Separate the two remaining eggs. Beat egg whites to soft peaks.
• In another bowl mix the rest of the sugar with the 2 egg yolks, add the Quark, the raisins, sour cream and lemon rind. Fold in the beaten egg whites until well combined.
• Fill each crepe with 2-3 tsp of the cream filling, roll up and place in a buttered baking dish, 4 to 6 per portion.
• bake in a 350F oven until golden brown and heated through, Ca. 5 - 6 minutes.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve right away.