lievittyy
Lievittyy is a Finnish verb form meaning to become leavened or to rise through fermentation, most commonly used in baking to describe dough or batter increasing in volume as yeast or bacteria produce gas. The form lievittyy is a present-tense, third-person singular passive construction, as in taikina lievittyy.
In cooking, lievittyy describes the fermentation stage that develops texture and flavor in bread, rolls, and
Recipes often specify whether to let dough rise at room temperature or to refrigerate it for longer
Related terms include kohota (to rise), taikinan kohotus (the dough’s rising period), and hiiva or juuri (yeast