Langos: fried yeast flatbread with sour cream and cheese

Name: Langos: fried yeast flatbread with sour cream and cheese
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: 500 g All-purpose flour (fine wheat flour); 350 ml Water; 20 g Fresh yeast; 1.5 tsp Granulated sugar; 1 tsp Salt; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil (for the dough); 100-200 ml Vegetable oil (for frying); 200 g Sour cream; 150 g Grated cheese

Classic langos of yeast dough, fried in hot oil, spread with sour cream and topped with grated hard cheese. Makes 6 langos from 500 g of flour.

Hungarian cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 6 servings
Difficulty: Medium

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Langos (langoše in Slovak) with sour cream and grated cheese is a classic that should turn out big, round and nicely puffed up. A sponge is made from yeast, sugar, a little flour and water and then combined with the rest of the ingredients into a dough. The dough rests for 40 minutes, then the oil is worked in and it stands for another ten minutes. The langos are fried in well-heated oil and served spread with sour cream and topped with hard cheese.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour (fine wheat flour) 500 g
Water 350 ml
Fresh yeast 20 g
Granulated sugar 1.5 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Vegetable oil (for the dough) 2 tbsp
Vegetable oil (for frying) 100-200 ml

Toppings

Sour cream 200 g
Grated cheese 150 g

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Instructions

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Mix the yeast with 1/2 teaspoon of the sugar, add a teaspoon of flour and a little water. Let the mixture rest for 10 minutes.
Mix the remaining ingredients except the oil, gradually add the sponge, and knead the dough. Cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for 40 minutes.
Work the oil into the dough, wrap it in plastic wrap again, and let it rest on the board for 10 minutes.
Divide the dough into 6 pieces, shape them into balls, and wrap each one in plastic wrap. Unwrap them one at a time and roll each out into a flat round.
Fry the langos in very hot oil on both sides until golden. Spread the finished langos with sour cream and sprinkle with cheese.

Tip: Cover the rolled-out flatbreads with a kitchen towel and let them rest for a few minutes; they puff up more nicely in the oil afterward. Lay them into the oil away from you so the hot oil does not splash onto your hand.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 493 kcal
Protein: 16 g
Carbohydrates: 67 g
of which sugars: 2.5 g
Fat: 17 g
of which saturates: 8.5 g
Fiber: 2.5 g
Salt: 1.6 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Langoše s kyslou smotanou a strúhaným syrom