EP0906035A1

EP0906035A1 - Food product in two parts

Info

Publication number: EP0906035A1
Application number: EP97915460A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Henning Buschmann; Stephan Schulz
Original assignee: Sypa Systeme-Patentverwertung GmbH
Current assignee: Sypa Systeme-Patentverwertung GmbH
Priority date: 1996-03-29
Filing date: 1997-03-29
Publication date: 1999-04-07
Also published as: AU2292997A; WO1997036505A1

Abstract

A food product consists of a substantially ready-cooked hollow part (2) with a wall at least 5, preferably 10 to 15 mm thick which encloses a cavity (4) which is large enough to receive a substantially ready-cooked filling (3). The product is in particular preserved by being in air-tight packing and/or deep-frozen. At least the outer surface of the hollow part (2) may be coated with an edible reinforcing layer (8), in particular bread-crumbs or dough. Both parts may be made of pressed potato pieces, rice and/or dough, or minced meat, fish, mushrooms and/or vegetables, if required mixed with a binder. The filling (3) is for example a sauce optionally bound to form a jelly or sweetened.

Description

Two-part consumable

The present invention relates to an at least two-part consumable product which consists of an essentially fully cooked receiving part and an essentially fully cooked filling part. The receiving part encloses a cavity in which the filling part is received. A food container can also be used to make handling and preparation easier.

The prefabricated consumables produced today in food technology are manufactured by using one or more different starting products. The finished product is usually either airtight for preservation or stored as frozen goods. Before consumption, the products are cooked, fried or baked, depending on their content, possibly with added ingredients or ingredients (sauces, icing sugar etc.) that are available in every household and then served. However, it is not known to produce prefabricated foods in a coordinated shape and thus to enable the end user to quickly and easily put together a consumable product adapted to the respective requirements from the various prefabricated components.

ZA 8103984-A describes the production of a foodstuff which consists of a flexible, edible or non-edible casing which contains a cooked product based on cereals, vegetables, meat, poultry or fish. For the preparation, this product can be heated in the casing and then, depending on the nature of the casing, consumed with or without it. The casing improves the shelf life of the contents on the one hand and facilitates the preparation of the finished meal on the other. Neither is it indicated here that the casing and the contents are deep-frozen or otherwise preserved separately from one another, nor that the casings used for the intake of the food vary in taste in any way or could be used to improve the taste.

In contrast to the prior art, it is the object of the present invention to provide the end user with a consumable product to provide, which on the one hand can be prepared just as quickly as traditional ready meals, but on the other hand still offers the option of putting together the taste and consistency immediately before consumption.

This is achieved by realizing the features of claim 1, in particular by a combination of tastefully different receiving and filling parts. Preferred embodiments of the invention are described in the dependent claims.

The fast food according to the invention consists of a pre-cooked or baked base material which - although not preferred - can be shaped into a cylinder which has a filling channel for receiving a round core of different contents. The cylinder can - also not preferred - for easier handling, in particular in the hot state, can be accommodated in a waffle known per se. However, an elongated, open top, e.g. boat-like form of the base material, or for the purpose of simplification and cheaper, a coating of the cylinder or boat with a solid breading or layer of dough. The filling (the core) can consist of meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, fruit, cheese, sauces, desserts, ice cream or the like. All parts of the fast food are prefabricated, combined with each other, and delivered as a ready meal that can be consumed without further preparation.

The present invention is now also a combination product in which a plurality of individual products can be combined to form a finished product (which is variable in this way). The advantages are obvious: a hygienically perfect product with little or no repackaging waste, a high degree of variability in the basic product and a multitude of flavors.

The receiving parts are designed in different shapes or figures, pre- or ready-cooked, pre-fried or ready-fried, pre-fried or ready-to-eat products based on meat, for example, Fish, rice, pasta, potato mass, hash browns, vegetables, corn, algae, soybeans, cereal or dessert products.

For this purpose, the initial mass of the receiving parts is pressed in the form of an open cylinder, half cylinder, boat, oval, cuboid, triangle, rectangle, egg or hemisphere shape or in the form of a figure. Depending on the basic shape, the receiving part has an upwardly open filling trough or a filling channel into or into which the filling part can be inserted. A particularly simple to manufacture and advantageous in its handling form results if the receiving part has the shape of a half cylinder closed on both end faces, the opening of which lies in a plane parallel to the axis, or of a boat (boat).

The size, shape and diameter of the receiving part or parts can vary; for example, double molds, children's portions or the like can be produced. A wide variety of filling parts can be inserted into the receiving part, which, depending on the basic shape of the receiving part, are introduced into the filling trough or into the filling channel and in turn are adapted to the shape of the receiving part.

The filling parts consist of pre-cooked and prefabricated consumption products based on sauces, meat, fish, poultry, cheese, etc., which may be bound or not bound in a jelly-like manner, or else dessert products and ice cream. These filling parts are shaped into a round or other packaging, preferably deep-frozen, or packed and preserved in liquid or jelly-like form. The shape of the filling part is adapted to the respective shape of the cavity provided in the receiving part.

It is possible to produce filling parts of different flavors for a receiving part, so that the end user can use the same receiving part, for example, to create a vegetarian or a consumable product with poultry filling or the like. Both the receiving parts and the filling part are deep-frozen or otherwise preserved before heating. As already mentioned, a food waffle or a food container made from waffle or batter, from corn, cereals, vegetable starch or on cardboard can be used to facilitate handling when preparing, serving and eating the receiving part provided with an inserted filling part potato base or the like and is adapted to the respective shape of the receiving part. For optimal adaptation to the respective taste, edible dough or waffle containers can be added either tasteless or with different spices. In this case, for example, chilH, pepper, paprika and curry, as well as sweet waffles and types of dough can be used.

However, the invention also relates to a method and a mold for producing the consumable product and is explained in more detail below by way of example.

Example 1 (production of the receiving parts):

A binder mixture is made for the receiving parts from the light sauce KQ CPC 3422 (trade name of Com Products Corp., sauce base made from flour, fat, protein, milk sugar and salt), milk and spices. In addition, raw grated potatoes (in three times the amount of water), rice or ribbon pasta (in five times the amount of water) are boiled to "bite", cooled and allowed to drain, mixed with about 25-30% by weight of the binder mixture and pressed into the desired shape. The resulting receiving part is first deep-frozen, then coated - preferably only on the outside - twice in succession with whole egg and breadcrumbs and finally deep-fried in 160 ° C hot fat. After cooling, it is again deep frozen - or otherwise preserved - and packaged.

Example 2 (Production of a "Bavarian Sauce" as Filling Part): First, water and milk are slightly warmed in a 1: 2 ratio, 3% dark sauce base KQ CPC 3423 (trade name of Com Products Corp.) is stirred in and heated to 95 ° C. with stirring . In addition, bacon and onions are roasted, mixed with pork hachee and mixed with the sauce together with herbs and mushroom pieces. The mixture is heated again to 85 ° C. for 3 to 5 minutes and poured into the desired one Filling part shape. After freezing, the filling part is removed from the mold and packaged.

Example 3 (Production of an "Italian Sauce" as Filling Part): Beef Hachee is fried in fat, poured with water and mixed with tomato paste, heated to 90 ° C. Finely chopped herbs and small vegetables are added and everything is boiled again at 90 ° C. for 3 to 5 minutes. Then you pour into the desired filling part shape. After freezing, the filling part is removed from the mold and packaged.

Example 4 (Production of a "Chinese - Vegetarian, Sweet and Sour Sauce" as Filling Part):

Water is warmed up slightly, 7% light KQ CPC 3422 sauce (trade name from Com Products Corp.) is added and the mixture is heated to 95 ° C. with constant stirring. First add the spice mixture and then the vegetable / fruit mixture while cooking gently at 90 ° C, and continue cooking for 5 to 6 minutes. Then you pour into the desired filling part shape. After freezing, the filling part is removed from the mold and packaged.

The invention is further explained in the following by way of example with reference to the drawing. Show it:

Fig. L shows an embodiment of the invention in the form of a cylinder with filling channel and filling part;

2 shows a lower molded part for the production of a receiving part according to the invention in a perspective view.

3 shows a shape for the production of a receiving part according to the invention in cross section (a) and longitudinal section (b), and a shape (c) for the production of a filling part according to the invention in longitudinal section;

4 shows a mold for the production of another receiving part in longitudinal section;

5 shows a receiving part according to the invention with an integrated outer skin, in cross section. 1 shows a first — not preferred — exemplary embodiment of a consumable product according to the invention. The individual parts, ie a food container 1, for example in the form of a waffle, a receiving part 2 with a filling channel 4, each in longitudinal and cross section, and a filling part 3 in a longitudinal section are shown. If variants of different consistency are produced from at least one individual part, these can be combined as desired with the other parts of the consumable product. If, for example, a deep-frozen filling part is combined with a frozen part, if required, the consumable can be brought to eating temperature in about 50-100 seconds in a microwave oven or in a pan or oven.

A shape of the product according to the invention, as can be produced in a form according to FIGS. 2 to 4, is preferred for handling when it is consumed. The mixture intended for the production of the receiving part 2; 2 'is filled into a lower mold part 5; 5' of semicircular (or circular segment-shaped, FIG. 4) cross-section, pressed with the aid of a cover 6; 6 'and then deep-frozen or gelled . At the same time, the mixture intended for its production, which can usually be done without pressing, is poured into a mold 7, which may be open, the cavity of which corresponds to the shape of the desired filling part 3, and is also deep-frozen or gelled. If necessary, however, the filling part 3 can of course also be pressed into the lower mold part 7 by means of a cover (not shown), which may give shape.

5 shows a receiving part 2 according to the invention with an integrated outer skin 8 made of breading or dough.

As already mentioned, the finished consumable product according to the invention can also be treated in a preservative manner and stored in an airtight manner, for example in the manner of a diet dish packaged as a long-term preserve. A jelly-like binding of the filling part 3 is of course important for this purpose in particular. On the other hand, the receiving part 2, 2 'can also consist of relatively fried meat hachee - similar to a minced loaf - and be filled with a mushroom, vegetable or similar sauce as the filling part.

The invention is in no way limited to the given exemplary embodiments. Of course, as already mentioned, both the intake and the filling part can be formulated as a dessert or dessert, e.g. with fruit jelly, vanilla or chocolate sauce, poppy seed, quark or nut mass or the like. in the filling part.

In the case of large-scale industrial production, the parts can also optionally be produced by extrusion and flash freezing. The casing or outer layer which is integrated with the receiving part and which facilitates handling can in this case be made by coextrusion, or in the case of compression molding by inserting appropriate sheets of dough into the lower part of the mold or by spraying or brushing the inside with a suitable coating before filling with the a mixture intended for the production of the receiving part are formed.

Claims

PATENT CLAIMS

1. Two-part consumable product, consisting of a substantially fully cooked receiving part (2), which has a wall of at least 5, preferably 10 to 15 mm thick, which encloses a cavity (4) of such dimensions that it is essentially finished cooked filling part (3), and wherein the receiving part (2) and filling part (3) are packaged in an airtight manner and / or frozen.

2. Food product according to claim 1, characterized in that at least the outer surface of the receiving part (2) is covered by an edible reinforcing layer (8), in particular a breading or a dough.

3. consumption product according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the receiving part (2) - optionally with a binder - contains compressed potato parts, rice and / or pasta, or meat, fish, mushroom and / or vegetable parts .

4. consumption product according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the filling part (3) consists of a - optionally jelly-like bound - sauce and either meat, fish, mushroom and / or vegetable parts, or fruit, vanilla, chocolate and / or contains curd.

5. consumption product according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving part (2) has the shape of a cylinder or half cylinder open on at least one side.

6. A process for the preparation of the receiving part (2) for a consumable product according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that raw potato grated, rice or noodles are boiled to "bite", cooled and drained, with 20 to 40, preferably 25-30 wt % of a sauce base mixed and in the desired shape pressed, and then deep-frozen or otherwise preserved and packaged.

7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that the deep-frozen receiving parts (2) at least once - preferably twice - dipped in whole egg and breadcrumbs or coated therewith and fried in hot fat, and after cooling again deep-frozen or otherwise preserved and be packed.

8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the inside of at least that molded part (5,5 ') which forms the outside of the receiving part (2), before filling the mixture with a - e.g. Dough - mass is coated or coated, which forms an integrated, easy-to-use, firm outer skin (8) on the finished receiving part (2).

9. The method for producing the filling part (3) for a consumable product according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a sauce base is mixed with the desired ingredients and cooked, poured into the desired shape, and then deep-frozen or preserved.

10. Mold for producing the receiving part (2) for a consumable product according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it consists of a lower mold part (5,5 ') with a circular segment-shaped - preferably semicircular - cross section and about 10 to about 15 cm in length , and an upper mold part (6,6 '), which has a protrusion (9,9') projecting into the lower mold part (5,5 '), the shape and size of which correspond to the desired filling part (3).