Polish Apple Pancakes Made With Yeast-Racuchy Z Jablkami Recipe

This polish apple pancakes recipe or racuchy z jabkami (rrah-tsoo-hih z jah-boo-kah-mee) is featured in two of chef bogdan gazka's books--"The taste of gothic" (awrt, 2015) and "The cuisine of the teutonic grand masters in malbork castle" (multico, 2009). He has also written "The cuisine of the kings of poland in malbork castle" (multico, 2010). This chef-historian is the co-owner and chef of the gothic caf & restaurant in malbork castle, the largest brick castle in the world near gdansk, poland, and the baltic sea. You might enjoy hearing chef bogdan talk about shrimp in medieval poland here. Apple fritters or pancakes are common in poland but this one is made with yeast. While typical yeast doughs take about an hour to rise, the only rising required for this recipe is about 15 minutes for the sponge.