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US 6,387,423 B1Granted
Packaged precooked pasta
AssigneeBonroyal-Werk
InventorFritz Brunsbach
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Abstract
The invention relates to packaged, unfilled or filled, precooked pasta foods in portions of between 150 g and 500 g, characterized by being sealed within a sheet which is heat-resistant up to at least 125° C. Oxygen-impermeable composite sheets are preferably employed as the sheets. The invention further relates to a method for the preparation of such packaged pasta foods.
Claims11
Packaged food consisting of:
- a) precooked pasta food combining
- pasta, unfilled or filled, swelled with
- water and vegetable oil, together, in a mutually emulsified, freshly prepared condition, and
- b) a sealed composite sheet containing said precooked pasta food,
- wherein said pasta food is present in a portion of between 150 g and 500 g,
- wherein said water is present in an amount sufficient (i) for swelling the pasta and (ii) for complete water uptake by the pasta,
- wherein said vegetable oil is present in an amount sufficient to avoid sticking together of said pasta, and
- wherein said sealed composite sheet is oxygen-impermeable and heat-resistant up to at least 125° C.
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A method for preparing packaged pasta food comprising the sequential steps of
- a) swelling unfilled or filled, uncooked pasta with a freshly prepared emulsion consisting of water and vegetable oil to effect a portion of pasta food, said pasta being present in an amount of between 150 g and 500 g, said water being present in an amount sufficient (i) to swell the pasta and (ii) for complete water uptake by the pasta, and said vegetable oil being present in an amount sufficient to avoid sticking together of said pasta;
- followed by
- b) sealing said portion within an oxygen-impermeable composite sheet which is heat resistant up to at least 125° C.;
- followed by
- c) cooking and sterilizing said portion under pressure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.