Lángos is a fried dough, commonly eaten as a street food in Hungary, which you can buy at any market. It's usually topped with garlic, sour cream and cheese but it's delicious with any topping (e.g: chopped red onion, bacon, meat sauce etc.). It's really easy to make, requiring only a few ingredients and a bit of time. It's also great as a light lunch (don't forget to have beer or spritzer with it :)
Ingredients (for 6 pieces)
4 cups (500 gr) flour
1,5 cups (350 ml) lukewarm water
2 tsp sugar
0,7 oz (20 gr) fresh yeast
1 tbsp salt
0,4 cup (100 ml) oil
plus 4-5 cups oil for frying
For the garlic oil:
2-3 cloves of garlic
1,7 oz (50 ml) oil
1,7 oz (50 ml) water
1 tsp of salt
For serving:
Sour cream
Grated cheese (Cheddar, Gouda or similar cheese)
1. First make the garlic oil: Crush 2-3 garlic cloves into a jar. Pour over 50 ml of water and 50 ml of oil. Add 1 tsp of salt, mix well and put it into the fridge for 1 hour.
2. Make the dough: Pour 1,5 cup lukewarm water into a bowl.
3. Add 2 tsp of sugar and mix well.
4. Crumble the fresh yeast into it, stir and let it dissolve.
5. Sift the flour into a large bowl. Add 1 tbsp of salt, mix, then pour over the yeast mixture.
6. Mix it together with your hand, and knead the dough well at least for 10 minutes, until it's smooth and elastic, and doesn't stick to the bowl anymore.
7. Cover and let it rise for 20 minutes.
8. After 20 minutes it's well risen.
9. Pour 100 ml oil around the dough. Pull the dough up, so the oil gets under it. It helps push the air out of the dough a little.
10. Cover it again for 5-8 minutes
11. Get a handful of dough and form it into a round shape. Do the same with the rest of your dough (it should make 6 pieces)
12. Let them rest for 10 minutes.
13. Heat 4-5 cups oil to a (really) high temperature. (check with a pinch of dough if it's high enough)
14. Get one dough-ball and stretch it with your hands, turning a pulling it into a flatter round shape. (the outside of the round should be thicker than the center)
15. Carefully place it into the hot oil (it's immediately getting fluffy)
16. Fry this side for 1-1,5 minutes, pushing the center back into the oil
17. Turn it over, when it's golden brown. Fry the other side for 1 minute then take it out onto a plate covered with paper towel.
18. Repeat this process with the rest of your dough.
19. When you finished the frying, it's time to serve!
20. Brush the Lángos with the garlic oil, spread 2-3 tbsp sour cream on it then sprinkle a handful of grated cheese on top.
21. ENJOY! (and don't forget your Spitzer!!)
22. Cheers (Egészségedre!)
/The music is based on a Hungarian folk song, played and made by my husband, MrStick© 2016 - (all rights reserved)/