Food products suitable for frying after rehydration and process for their production

• Main Authors: KLUKOWSKI, HORST, VERMEIDEN, PETER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.08.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BAKERY PRODUCTS; BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVATION THEREOF; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH, e.g. BYADDITION OF MATERIALS

The invention relates to a process for the production of preshaped, rehydratable, dried food products suited for pan-frying and to such products. According to this process the varietally specific raw materials comprising 50-70% by weight grits, 5-25% by weight liquefied fat, 5-20% by weight coaguable protein, and a raising agent as well as salt, spices and other optional additives are mixed, whereafter with addition of a liquid a plastic sliceable wet dough is prepared by mixing and kneading, which wet dough is portioned and converted into the desired form of the products. These dough pieces are, to develop a protein framework, subjected to a thermal treatment at temperatures of 90-160 DEG C for 8-30 minutes and the dough pieces thus treated are then dried to a residual water content of 4-10% by weight.