Hi all! I studied in Austria in 2019 and had a wonderful time. Since then, I’ve been searching for a lunch dish my host mother made for me.

It was a very thin pancake with a meat filling. She said it was something that a lot of university students ate. For context she was around 90 at the time and from Switzerland.

I’ve thought about it since and cannot piece together what the ingredients were.

Thanks in advance!

by abscho02

29 comments

  1. Palatschinken. Ingredients are only flour, milk, eggs, sugar if you like and a bit of salt. And some oil for the pan.

  3. Probably a „Fleischpalatschinke“ – thin pancake with meat filling.

  5. It is called Fleischpalatschinke. Can also be deep fried.

  9. >It was a very thin pancake with a meat filling.

    That’s basically it. The Austrian word for pancake is Palatschinke (no, not Pfannkuchen, that’s german), usually a sweet dish with a filling of jam, chocolate, banana, but sure, you can also fill it with Sloppy Joe, goat cheese and spinach … or fry it …

    Given that Palatschinken are traditionally a sweet dish there aren’t really “default recipies” for the non-sweet variations like the meat pancakes you ask for.

  12. Here in austria we even have specialized pans for making those beauties.

    It’s a piece of very flat dough that is usually rolled with some fillings. Or if you cut it into strips it makes for a great soup ingredient, as a substitute for croutons or noodles.

    I think most people prefer it sweet, with some jam, nutella or vanilla ice cream inside. My gfs parents like them with ham and cheese filling, a bread crust around it and then deep fried in the pan. I on the other hand find the very thiught of it disgusting.

    It’s a very versatile dish, so go find a recipe online and experiment with it.

  14. You can also cut them into strips and add them to a beef soup, then it is called a Fritatten-Suppe.

  17. a waschechte Palatschinkn
    or to say it in english
    a real washed PalatHam

    wiki says “are traditionally rolled with [apricot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apricot), [strawberry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry),[^([6])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatschinke#cite_note-6) or [plum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum) [jam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam), and sprinkled with [confectioner’s sugar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confectioner%27s_sugar).

  18. Palaschinken normally served sweet with marmelade, nutella or thick apple sauce and sugar. You can also cut them into small strips and put the whole thing in a clear beef broth then you get a clasical Frittatensuppe.

  19. A very sad excuse for a palatschinken, esp if you ordered it in a restaurant

  21. Maybe it’s a deconstructed Frittatensuppe, with gefrorene Rinder Bouillon inside.

  25. Wait, you’ve been searching for pancakes with minced meet for 6 years?

  28. My parents used to make these with red currant (“Ribisel”) or lingonberry (“Preiselbeere”) jam, which are also my preferred kinds of jam because of their tartness, it harmonizes well with the Palatschinken. Usually it’s apricot jam for the common sweet version, but you can use anything you want.

  29. Flour, milk, eggs and a little bit of salt, mix and put in a pan. It almost tastes like nothing, which makes it perfect for filling it with sweet or salty things.

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