Methods and systems of making cheese forms
AssigneeLeprino Foods Company
InventorsRichard K. Merrill, Paulos Tesfe
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Abstract
Embodiments may include a method of making a cheese shape. The method may include providing a cheese-shaping system. The cheese-shaping system may include at least a first chilled roller belt. The method may also include supplying a cheese mass in molten form to the first chilled roller belt. A cheese sheet may then be formed on the first chilled roller belt. The method may further include cooling the cheese sheet through contact with the first chilled roller belt. In addition, the method may include forming and removing the cheese shape from the cooled cheese sheet. Furthermore, the method may include applying a liquid application to the cheese shape.
Claims29
A method of making a cheese shape, the method comprising:
- supplying a cheese-shaping system, wherein the cheese-shaping system comprises a first chilled roller belt and a second chilled roller belt aligned substantially parallel to the first chilled roller belt, and;
- providing a molten pasta filata cheese mass to a first gap formed between the first chilled roller belt and the second chilled roller belt;
- forming a cheese sheet from the molten pasta filata cheese mass in the first gap between the first chilled roller belt and the second chilled roller belt, wherein the first gap defines a first thickness of the cheese sheet in contact with both the first and the second chilled roller belts;
- cooling the cheese sheet to a temperature less than or about 45° F. through contact with the first and the second chilled roller belts;
- forming and removing the cheese shape from the cooled cheese sheet;
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- applying a liquid application to the cheese shape.
A method of making cheese shapes, the method comprising:
- providing a pasta filata cheese mass to a gap formed between two chilled roller belts, wherein the two chilled roller belts are aligned substantially parallel to each other;
- moving the pasta filata cheese mass through the gap to form a cheese sheet;
- cooling the cheese sheet to a temperature less than or about 45° F. through contact with the two chilled roller belts;
- forming and removing the cheese shapes from the cheese sheet;
- docking the cheese shapes to form holes in the cheese shapes;
- freezing the cheese shapes to form frozen cheese shapes;
- applying a liquid application to the cheese shapes or the frozen cheese shapes;
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- stacking the frozen cheese shapes.
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