Ingredients
- Basic bread dough measured in bakers percentage:
- Flour 100%
- Water 60-65%
- Fresh yeast 1% (or dry yeast according to the manufacturer’s instructions but not too much).
- Salt 2%
- Oil 1-2%
- Bakers percentages are a strange thing, but make it easy to adjust for different quantities.
- Flour is always 100% - 1kg of flour means that 600-650 ml of water is needed in this recipe, and oil 10-20 grams (just a slosh of it)
Langos
Method
- If you have a dough mixer with a hook attachment, start with water in the bowl, then add the flour and the other ingredients, it is better to start with too thin a mix and add flour to thicken, than other way, it will extend life of your mixer in p
- If mixing by hand, follow the same structure, building up mounds of flour and creating wells for the liquid - it looks cool on TV but may end in disaster at home on a kitchen bench
- Mix, knead, and knead until the dough is smooth, elastic and not sticky
- In general bread dough needs more kneading than you think
- Leave the dough in the bowl, cover with a clean cloth and let it rise for 30-40 minutes, or until it has doubled in size
- Once it is rested, carefully tip out the dough onto a floured surface, stretch it out into a square and cut out about 10 cm round shapes with a big glass (a big cookie cutter also works)
- Stretch out each piece with your fingers into a round shape with the centre being thinner than the edges
- Let the pieces rest for another 30 minutes on the floured surface
- In a saucepan, heat sunflower oil
- Place the Lángos into the hot oil, fry it on one side until golden brown then turn
- Repeat with the remaining Lángos dough
- Serve while it's hot
- Traditionally, the Lángos is brushed with a mixture of salty water and crushed garlic, or topped with grated cheese and sour cream
- But options are unlimited, as some people eat them sweet with cinnamon and sugar, just like a doughnut, jam, chocolate spread… whatever you fancy
Comments
Lángos, in its simplest description, is a piece of fried bread dough. Traditionally, Lángos was baked in front of a brick oven, close to the flames. It was made from bread dough and was served as breakfast on days when new bread was baked. Today, Lángos is deep fried in oil. Lángos is also very popular and known as a fast food at fairs and in amusement parks in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia and Romania.
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