Lívance (Czech Yeasted Pancakes)

Ingredients

For 4 portions

• 🌾 250g flour
• 🥛 300ml milk
• 🥄 7g yeast
• 🍚 30g sugar
• 🍳 1 medium egg
• 🧈 30g butter
• 🍋 10g lemon
• 🧂 1 pinch salt
• 🏺 1 Tbsp sunflower oil
• 🥣 120g jam
• 🥛 150ml yogurt, greek, nonfat milk, plain

Method

1. Warm the milk until just lukewarm. Stir in the yeast and 1 teaspoon of the sugar, and leave for 10 minutes until foamy.
2. Melt the butter and let it cool a little. Mix the flour, remaining sugar, salt and grated lemon zest in a large bowl.
3. Whisk in the yeast mixture, egg and melted butter to make a thick, smooth batter.
4. Cover and leave somewhere warm for 45 minutes, until doubled and bubbly.
5. Heat a lívanečník (a pan with round dimples) or a heavy non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and wipe it with a little of the oil.
6. Without stirring the batter much, spoon in small rounds about 8 cm wide. Cook for 2 minutes until the tops are set and bubbly, then flip and cook for 1–2 minutes more until golden. Repeat with the rest of the batter, making about 16.
7. Serve warm, spread with jam (plum is traditional) and topped with thick yogurt. In Czechia it would be tvaroh, a soft quark.