Pancakes Filled with Meat – Authentic German Recipe

Pancakes filled with meat is a German specialty that you will love. For this recipe ground beef is used. Very often pancakes are filled with sweet ingredients such as whipped cream, berries, apple sauce but they taste delicious with a zesty filling. First you would make the pancakes, then the filling. In Germany we like to serve the filled pancakes with a Swabian potato salad. Happy Cooking!

Ingredients Pancakes Filled with Meat

250 g flour
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
400 ml milk
butter, oil for frying in  a pan

Ingredients Filling
1 kg ground beef
some clarified butter or sunflower oil
1 of each: onion – carrot – 1 tbsp chopped celery root (optional) – 1 tbsp tomato paste
1/4 l vegetable broth – home made or instant – How to make Vegetable Broth –
salt, pepper, dried oregano or Italian herbs to taste, alternatively parsley

Cooking Instructions Pancakes Filled with Meat

How to Make the Dough

– Sieve flour into a bowl, add salt, milk, eggs and mix well.
– Heat enough butter in a skillet and pour some batter into it. Note: Pancakes should be thin, so don’t use too much batter.
– Fry on each side.
– Take aside in the warm oven.

How to Make the Filling

– Heat butter, chop onions fine.
– Saute onions until transparent than add the meat and fry it until slightly browned.
– Add chopped carrot and celery cubes.
– Fill in the broth, add tomato paste and spices. Mix well.
– Let simmer for 15 min (until vegetable is tender).

How to Make the Pancakes

Place 2-3 tbsp of the filling on each pancake. Keep warm in the oven until all pancakes are done.

RECIPE to make Potato Salad