Gratinated Quark Pancakes with Strawberry Sauce

Whether as a dessert or as a sweet snack with coffee - these quark pancakes with strawberry sauce from food blogger Lena Fuchs (@mein_leckeres_leben) are a typical part of Austrian cuisine that everyone enjoys.

Gratinated quark pancakes with strawberry sauce-Lena Fuchs

Ingredients 
(for one large dish / 8-10 servings)

For the pancakes

  • 400 g light spelt flour
  • 800 ml whole milk
  • 4 eggs
  • Zest of 1/2 organic lemon
  • 50 g melted butter
  • 1-2 tbsp raw cane sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla, ground
  • a pinch of salt

For the filling

  • 125 g raw cane sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla, ground
  • Zest of 1/2 organic lemon
  • 2 tbsp vanilla custard powder
  • 4 eggs
  • 750 g curd cheese
  • 250 g sour cream
  • a handful of raisins, to taste

For the  topping

  • 120 g sour cream
  • 120 ml whole milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • ¼ tsp vanilla, ground
  • 100 g flaked almonds

For the strawberry sauce

  • 500 g strawberries
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • 1-2 tbsp icing sugar
     

Method

  1. For the batter, mix all the ingredients together  and set aside.
  2. Set the hotplate to medium heat and melt some butter in a pan. Pour a ladleful of batter into the pan and bake thin pancakes one at a time (12-14 pancakes).

  3. Mix all the ingredients for the filling together.
  4. Spread 3-4 tbsp of the filling on the pancakes and roll up. Cut each pancake in half and place in a buttered ovenproof dish. 
  5. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (fan ).
  6. For the topping, mix the sour cream with the milk, honey and vanilla until smooth. Pour the topping over the pancakes.
  7. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes; after 20 minutes sprinkle with flaked almonds and continue baking until the topping has set.
  8. Dust with icing sugar before serving.
  9. For the strawberry sauce, puree all the ingredients to a fine sauce. Serve the sauce with the warm pancakes.