Lángos-Style Fry Bread

Ingredients

• 1 lb pizza dough (the honest shortcut), divided in 4
• Neutral oil, for shallow frying
• 2 cloves garlic, halved
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1½ cups grated cheese
• Salt

Method

1. Stretch each dough piece into a rustic oval — thin center, fatter rim, holes forgiven.
2. Heat ½ inch of oil to 350°F. Fry one at a time, 2 minutes per side, until puffed, blistered, and deep gold.
3. Drain briefly, then IMMEDIATELY rub the hot surface with the cut garlic — the heat vaporizes it into the crust.
4. Slather with sour cream, snow with cheese, salt lightly.
5. Eat standing, folding, dripping — lángos is fairground food and behaves best when treated like it. Hungary's answer to questions nobody needed to ask, and everyone's glad they did.