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US 5,395,637 AGranted
Process for preparing dough and improved product
AssigneeA. Stephan U. Soehne GmbH & Co.
InventorPeter Reec
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Abstract
A process for preparing dough, in particular a corn dough, for the preparation of snack foods such as, for example, corn chips, tortillas, taco shells or the like, in which ground cereals are mixed with water to form a mixture, the mixture is heated and subsequently cooled. The mixture is heated only to a temperature slightly above the gelatinization temperature of the cereal starch, and the mixture is cooled as early as after only partial gelatinization of the cereal starch.
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A process for preparing dough, used in the preparation of snack foods, comprising:
- mixing ground cereals with water to form a mixture;
- heating the mixture;
- and
- subsequently cooling the mixture in a cooling phase, wherein said heating step comprises heating the mixture to a temperature of between about 50.degree. C. and 70.degree. C. and said cooling step comprises cooling the mixture as early as after only partial gelatinization of the cereal starch.
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