First separate the eggs, lift the egg whites separately and put the yolks in a medium bowl. Liquefy the butter. You can either do this in a small pot or put the butter in the microwave for a few seconds(!).
Now whisk the egg yolks with the pinch of salt, a large heaped tablespoon of sugar, the pulp from the vanilla bean and the butter. Whisk until fluffy.Now add the milk and flour while stirring.
Making the plum compote
Wash and pit the plums or damsons. Put the plums in a pot with 1 cup of water. The compote will be especially tasty if you use dry red wine instead of water. But this is up to you.
Add the sugar, cinnamon stick, and cloves and let everything boil down for about 15 minutes. Then take the plum sauce off the heat and let it cool down.
In the meantime, beat the egg whites with a whisk until stiff. When it is really firm, gently fold it into the batter. Be careful not to over-stir, the batter should still have lots of little bubbles.If you like your Kasierschmarrn with raisins, add the handful of preserved raisins.
Now you have two ways of preparation:
1. Frying in the pan
Add clarified butter to a wide frying pan, set to medium heat and pour in the batter. Be careful not to fill more than about 2 fingers wide, as the dough will rise a lot. Wait until the bottom has a golden brown color. This will take about 6 minutes.
When it's time, use a spatula to divide the Schmarrn into 4 quarters. Now turn each quarter over with the spatula and add new clarified butter under each piece. Now it will take about another 4 minutes for the other side to be golden brown as well.
Take the pan off the heat and now tear the Schmarrn into small, bite-sized pieces.
2. Bake Kaiserschmarrn in the oven
Preheat the oven grill.
Pour clarified butter into an oven-proof frying pan and pour in the batter to a height of about 2 fingers high. Let it brown for about 3 minutes and put the pan into the oven on the lowest rack.
Let it bake for about 3 minutes. Check if the surface is the desired golden brown color. Take the pan out of the oven and break up the finished Kaiserschmarrn into small pieces.
Arrange the Kaiserschmarrn immediately on the plates and dust the powdered sugar over it with a sieve.Fill the cooled down plum compote into a small bowl and serve it with the Kaiserschmarrn.