Method and apparatus for the rapid cooking of edible pastas such as spaghetti and the like, particularly for home use
OwnerAttilio Alfredo Pratolongoinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for the rapid cooking of edible pastas such as spaghetti and the like, particularly for home use, consisting of pre-heating a cooking chamber (3), of inserting into the cooking chamber a predetermined quantity of pasta (4) and essentially cold feed water initially obtaining steam, of compressing the water injected thereby bringing it immediately back to the liquid state, of maintaining the predetermined pressure for a preset time interval, of opening the cooking chamber (3) placing it in communication with a transit chamber (9) and of transferring the pasta and the residual water in a collection element (17).
Claims23
Method for the rapid cooking of edible pastas, comprising the steps of:
- pre-heating a cooking chamber (3);
- inserting a predetermined quantity of pasta into the pre-heated cooking chamber (3);
- closing said cooking chamber (3);
- injecting into the pre-heated cooking chamber substantially cold feed water, and heating the water to a predetermined temperature by heat exchange with the cooking chamber (3);
- compressing the water injected into the cooking chamber at a predetermined pressure exceeding the pressure whereat water boils at said predetermined temperature;
- maintaining said predetermined pressure of the water for a predetermined time interval;
- opening said cooking chamber and placing it in communication with a transit chamber (9) under lesser pressure, thereby causing the transfer therein of the entire content of the cooking chamber;
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- transferring the pasta and residual water into a collection element (17) wherein the cooking of the pasta is completed by absorption of the residual water itself.
Apparatus for the rapid cooking of edible pastas, comprising:
- a cooking chamber (3) able to house a predetermined quantity of pasta (4),
- a hydraulic-thermal set (7) able to impregnate with hot water the pasta housed in the cooking chamber (3),
- a transit chamber (9) of the pasta closed at a bottom by a movable lid (13),
- an expulsion canal (8) extending between the cooking chamber (3) and the transit chamber (9), wherein
- said hydraulic-thermal set (7) comprises:
- a feed pump (20) able to send essentially cold water to the cooking chamber (3) at a pre-set pressure, and
- heating means (26) to pre-heat the cooking chamber, so that the water injected into the cooking chamber is heated to a predetermined temperature by heat exchange with the cooking chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.