Vegane Frittatensuppe (vegan Austrian pancake soup)
The Frittatensuppe is one of my favorite pancake leftover dishes after a nice Pancake Sunday. While I was slicing the pancakes today, I remembered vividly how my grand auntie Anni shined with her ability to cut them to perfection, finely and preserving the intactness of the rolled strips.
What is Frittatensuppe?
The name Frittatensuppe refers to a traditional Austrian soup that features thin strips of pancake-like crepes, known as frittaten, served in a flavorful beef or vegetable broth. The frittaten are literally Austrian style pancakes, thus made from a simple batter of flour, eggs, milk, and salt, cooked into thin, light crepes. See for our simple vegan version of Middle Europe style pancakes!
These crepes are then rolled up and sliced into thin strips before being added to the broth.
This hearty and comforting dish is often enjoyed as a starter in Austrian cuisine, particularly in the regions of Styria – my region of origin – and Tyrol, and highlights the country’s love for simple yet satisfying flavors.
Enjoy this recipe!
Vegan Frittatensuppe (vegan Austrian pancake soup)
Ingredients
For the Frittaten
- 2 Austrian style pancakes (crêpes) from the day before (for freshly made ones see recipe link in the notes below)!
For the vegetable broth
- 1 medium carrot
- 1/2 celery stalk or 1 small piece of root celery
- (optional) other vegetables such as parsley root, yellow carrot, parsnip or leek in small amounts
- 1 twig fresh thyme
- 2 bay laurel leaves
- 2 piment seeds
- 2-3 pepper corns
- 1 handful fresh parsley
- salt
- 1 tbsp vegetable broth powder optional
Instructions
Prepare the broth
- Cut the carrots in slices (bio carrots can go into the soup with peel)In a broth, you can literally put all parts of all the vegetables, as long as they are washed!
- Cut all the other vegetables, roughly or, if you wish to eat the bits later, in tiny pieces (traditionally only the carrots go into the soup bowls, all the rest is sieved out before serving)
- Place the veggies, the spices and the thyme into a pot. Roast everything without oil for a minute until it starts to smell nicely.
- Add approximately 4 cups of water, a fee twigs of the parsley, season with salt and let simmer for approximately 30 minutes to / hour (the longer it boils, the more intense the flavors).
Prepare the Frittaten
- Place the crepes above each other, roll them tightly in and cut them in thin slices. Set aside.
Serve
- Finely chop the rest of the parsley.Sieve the soup, preserve the liquid. Some of the carrot slices go into the bowls. If you wish, you can add a few vegetables cut in pieces. But this is optional.If the broth is not intense enough, you can add some organic vegetable broth powder. See that you salt your broth well.
- Pour the broth into two bowls, add some of the Frittaten, sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.