Patent ID: 6340492
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A process for the production of preshaped, rehydratable, dried food products suited for pan-frying comprisingpremixing 50-70% by weight grits, 5-20% by weight coagulable protein, a raising agent, salt and spices, and then adding 5-25% by weight liquified fat wherein the liquified fat coats at least the grits, adding a liquid and mixing and kneading to prepare a plastic sliceable wet dough, portioning the plastic sliceable wet dough and forming it into a desired shape to make dough pieces, subjecting the dough pieces to a thermal treatment at a temperature from 90-160Â° C. for 8-30 minutes to develop a protein framework, and the dough pieces thus treated are then dried to a residual water content of 4-10% by weight wherein the dried food product has a density of at least 0.6 g/cm3.