Crumpets

Name: Crumpets (Lívance/Lievance)
Cuisine: Slovakian
Ingredients: 1 egg; 300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups milk; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup vanilla sugar; 15 g/½ oz/1 tbsp butter, melted; pinch of salt; 200 g/7 oz/1¾ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 10 ml/2 tsp baking powder; vegetable oil, for frying; strawberry jam and icing sugar, to serve; strawberry jam and icing sugar, to serve

Lívance/Lievance

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Czech & Slovak Food and Cooking

By Ivana Veruzabova

Published 2015

About

These little crumpet-style pancakes are often eaten on their own as a sweet main course, or served as an accompaniment to lentil soup. They can also be served as a delicious dessert.

Ingredients

1 egg
300 ml/½ pint/1¼ cups milk<

Europe
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Dessert
Snack
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

To make the batter, beat the egg with the milk and sugar, melted butter and salt. Add the flour and baking powder. Mix well and leave to rise for 10-15 minutes.
Heat a little vegetable oil in a frying pan (pour about 5ml/1 tsp over the pan with a pastry brush, very quickly to avoid burning the brush).
Put 2-3 tablespoon-sized portions of batter in the