Method of manufacture and composition of dough including protein

The composition for a dough based item comprising:

• a dough mixture comprising, an approximately 70% to 80% chilled cold substrate animal protein source selected from the group consisting of chicken, beef, turkey, mouton and pork by weight of total mixture;
• approximately 15% to 30% flour by weight of total mixture;
• approximately up to 5% water by weight of total mixture;
• and
• wherein the chilled cold substrate animal protein source is size reduced by one or more of a grinder, a chopper and an emulsion mill wherein the dough mixture is a docked and a heat pressed dough mixture, and wherein the chilled substrate animal protein is size reduced to less than approximately 3/32 of an inch.