Polish Yeast Pancakes with Raspberries

When I was a child, among me and my friends there were three favorite breakfasts: pancakes with apples, crepes or pancakes with yeast (racuchy). The choice depended on parents or grandparents who made it in a particular home. In my house we were eating pancakes with apples. I used to terrorize my grandmother to make it as often as possible. I could eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner (sometimes I did). My mother used to make crepes but it was nothing in comparison to my grandma’s pancakes (sorry mom). I loved them. 

But sadly I must admit that I’ve never had racuchy before (this is hardly possible as I’m polish). And then one day I was wandering around internet, looking for some good places and then I saw it. An amazing picture of racuchy. It was so delicious and tempting that I found an original blog Plate of joy, where recipe was attached. It made me so excited, that at 6 am I made a dough and at 8 am me and Mr T were eating our delicious racuchy, At 8:05 am we were done. It totally made our day. I added raspberries from a jar with a little bit of lemon zest. What more can I add, you have to try it.

You will need:

• 160g flour
• 1 tbsp agave syrup
• 1 tsp instant yeast
• pinch of salt
• ½ glass of warm milk
• 1 egg
• lemon zest from ½ lemon
• oil for frying
• custard sugar for dusting
• raspberries for serving

In a medium bowl place flour, yeast and salt, mix it and then in the middle add egg, milk and agave syrup. Combine all the ingredients, then add the lemon zest and mix everything two more times. The dough needs to grow, so cover it with a towel and put in a warm place (on a heater or you can leave it in an oven in 50*C) for an hour.

Heat a frying pan with an oil over a medium heat. You will place your dough on a frying pan using a spoon. Simply grab as small balls, it will be sticky so you may need another spoon or a finger to help yourself. Fry until golden around. 

I served mine with raspberries from a jar (left overs from last year), I did add a little bit of a lemon zest to it and in the end I dusted my racuchy with caster sugar.

Enjoy, Marta