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US 12,396,463 B2Granted
Process for manufacturing a dough base
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsGeorg Lyttek, Timothy George Prins
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a dough base, particularly for a dough base, which is a pie or a pizza dough. The claimed process comprises a step, wherein the pressing surface is vibrating with an ultrasonic frequency during the pressing step.
Claims19
A process for manufacturing a dough base, comprising the steps of:
- i) preparing a dough comprising flour, a raising agent and water,
- ii) placing a portion of the dough onto a receiving surface of a pressing device, the pressing device having a pressing surface opposed to the receiving surface, wherein the pressing surface meets one of the following:
- the pressing surface is square and has a side length of 3 cm to 30 cm, and
- the pressing surface is circular and has a diameter of 3 cm to 35 cm,
- iii) pressing the receiving surface and the pressing surface together in order to flatten the portion of the dough into a dough base,
- iv) after the pressing step, separating the pressing surface from the receiving surface in order to release the dough base from the pressing device;
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- wherein the pressing surface is by vibrating with an ultrasonic frequency during the pressing step.
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