JP2014082978A - Method for manufacturing noodles - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing noodles with various textures and appearances which are untiring.SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing noodles includes: a multi-layer noodle strip preparation step for laminating a plurality of noodle strips 1 and 2 so as to be rolled into a multi-layer noodle strip 3; and a noodle line preparation step for cutting out a plurality of noodle lines 4 corresponding to a plurality of slits 37 from the multi-layer noodle strip 3 by supplying the multi-layer noodle strip 3 to means 32 for cutting out noodles, which has the plurality of slits 37 defined by a cutting blade 35. The means 32 for cutting out noodles includes a plurality types of slits 37(37A, 37B, and 37C) having a different slit width.

Description

  The present invention relates to noodles such as udon, soba, pasta, and Chinese noodles, and more particularly, to a method for producing noodles having a multilayer structure in which a plurality of layers are combined and integrated.

  As a method for producing noodles, a mechanical noodle making method using mechanical means such as a noodle making machine is widely adopted. The machine-made noodle method usually includes adding a noodle raw material such as wheat flour and kneading to prepare a noodle dough, rolling the noodle dough into a strip shape by a rolling roll to prepare a noodle strip, Cutting the band in the longitudinal direction (noodle band supply direction) to form a linear noodle (noodle string). In the process of cutting out the noodle strings from the noodle strip, a cutting blade roll such as the rotary noodle string cutting means 32 shown in FIG. 2 may be used (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In general, as shown in FIG. 2, the rotary noodle string cutting means has two cutting blade rolls 33 and 34 each having a large number of cutting blades 35 and having a predetermined interval in the axial direction on the circumferential surface. The blades 35 are arranged in parallel with the cutting blades 35 engaged with each other, and are rotatably supported. In the rotating state of the rolls 33 and 34, a plurality of slits 37 are formed by the cutting blades 35 between the rolls 33 and 34. The noodle strip is supplied between the two rolls 33 and 34 rotating in opposite directions, whereby a plurality of noodle strings corresponding to the plurality of slits 37 are supplied from the noodle strip. Can be cut out.

  In addition, compared with hand-rolled noodles, the machine-made noodle method generally has a smooth texture, elasticity, texture such as crispness, appearance such as gloss and transparency, slow boil extension, loosening of noodles, etc. Noodles that are sufficiently satisfactory in terms are not obtained. Therefore, in order to eliminate the drawbacks of the mechanical noodle manufacturing method, it has been proposed that two or more types of noodle strips are combined and integrated to form noodles having two or more layers. For example, Patent Document 2 describes a method of producing double noodles by a mechanical noodle method using a three-layer noodle band obtained by stacking three layers of noodle bands.

Japanese Patent No. 2887371 JP 61-36895 A

  Noodles such as udon are desired to have a variety of texture and appearance and never get tired, but such noodles have not yet been provided.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing noodles that have various textures and appearances and does not get tired.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have made various studies on a method for producing multilayer noodles by a mechanical noodle method. As a result, two layers of noodle strips prepared by superimposing and rolling two layers of noodle strips are used. When cutting out the line, as the noodle strip cutting means, a plurality of types having different slit widths (space portions defined by the cutting blade) having different thicknesses of the noodle strip It was found that the noodles made of this noodle were obtained, and that the noodles obtained by intentional cutting of the noodle band had various textures and appearances and never got tired. As described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, when cutting noodle strips from noodle strips, it is common knowledge of those skilled in the art to make the thickness of the noodle strips uniform, and the noodle strips as implemented in the present invention This intentional break is beyond the common knowledge of those skilled in the art.

  The present invention has been made on the basis of the above knowledge, and a noodle strip comprising a plurality of noodle strips, a multilayer noodle strip preparation step that is rolled into a multilayer noodle strip, and a plurality of slits defined by a cutting blade. A noodle string preparing step of supplying a plurality of noodle strips corresponding to the plurality of slits from the multilayer noodle strip by supplying the multilayer noodle strips to the noodle strip segmenting means using a cutting means. It is a manufacturing method of noodles using the thing which comprised the said multiple types of said slit from which slit width differs as a line cutting-out means.

  Moreover, this invention is the noodles manufactured by the manufacturing method of the said noodles.

  According to the present invention, noodles having a variety of texture and appearance and timelessness can be obtained.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an example of a noodle making apparatus that can be used for carrying out the noodle manufacturing method of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing an example of noodle strip cutting means usable in the method for producing noodles of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a front view schematically showing an enlarged main part (slit) of the noodle strip cutting means shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, the manufacturing method of the noodles of this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings based on the preferable embodiment. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a noodle making apparatus 10 that can be used for carrying out the noodle manufacturing method of the present embodiment. The noodle making apparatus 10 is an apparatus for producing a two-layer noodle having a two-layer structure, and prepares two layers of noodle bands 1 and 2, respectively, and superimposes and rolls them to form a multilayer noodle band (double-layer noodle band) 3 and noodle band preparing means 30 for cutting out the noodle strings 4 from the multilayer noodle band 3.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the multilayer noodle strip preparation means 20 rolls the kneading means 21 such as a mixer for kneading the noodle band raw material M such as noodle raw material and water, and the noodle band raw material M supplied from the kneading means 21. The noodle strip preparation means 22 for preparing the long single layer noodle strips 1 and 2, the noodle strip continuous rolling means 23 for rolling the noodle strips 1 and 2 in stages, and the noodle strip 1 , 2 are overlapped to form a long multilayer noodle strip (double layer noodle strip) 3 and a noodle strip continuous rolling means 25 for rolling the multilayer noodle strip 3 stepwise. . Each of the means 22, 23, 24, 25 includes a pair of rotating roll pairs arranged to face each other. The multilayer noodle strip preparation means 20 includes a single-layer noodle strip production line having the same number as the number of layers of the multilayer noodle strip 3 having a multilayer structure. In the illustrated embodiment, the noodle strip 1 production line and the noodle strip 2 production are provided. Both production lines have the same basic configuration.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the noodle string preparing means 30 includes a rolling roll pair 31 that supplies the next multi-layer noodle band 3 prepared by the multilayer noodle band preparing means 20 to the next step while rolling, The noodle strip cutting means 32 for cutting out the noodle strings 4 from the multilayered noodle strip 3 and the cutting means 38 for cutting the long noodle strings 4 into a predetermined length to form the noodles 5 are provided. The noodles that are the production objective of the production method of this embodiment are an aggregate of a plurality of noodles 5. The basic configuration of the noodle making apparatus 10 described above is the same as this type of noodle making apparatus.

  The noodle string cutting means 32, which is the main feature of the noodle making apparatus 10, will be described. The noodle string cutting means 32 includes a pair of opposed cutting blade rolls 33 and 34 as shown in FIG. A plurality of cutting blades 35 project from the peripheral surfaces of the rolls 33 and 34. Both rolls 33 and 34 are provided so as to rotate synchronously when a driving force from a driving means (not shown) is transmitted to the rotary shafts 33a and 34a. Each of the plurality of cutting blades 35 is a so-called square blade having a shape in which an edge portion is raised, and is continuous with a constant width over the entire circumferential length of the rolls 33 and 34. In each of the rolls 33, 34, the plurality of cutting blades 35 are arranged at a predetermined interval in the roll rotation axis direction indicated by a symbol X in the drawing, and two cutting blades 35 adjacent to the roll rotation axis direction X are disposed. , 35 is formed with a U-shaped groove 36 in cross section.

  In the noodle strip cutting means 32, the position is shifted between the cutting blade 35 (groove 36) in one cutting blade roll 33 and the cutting blade 35 (groove 36) in the other cutting blade roll 34. Both rolls 33 and 34 are rotated in a state where the cutting edge 35 (groove 36) in FIG. 1 and the groove 36 (cutting edge 35) in the other roll 34 face each other. Further, in the noodle strip cutting means 32, as shown in FIG. 2, both the cutting edge 35 of one cutting blade roll 33 and the cutting edge 35 of the other cutting blade roll 34 are close to each other. Rolls 33 and 34 are arranged to face each other, and a slit 37 (shaded portion in FIG. 2) defined by a cutting blade 35 is provided along the roll rotation axis direction X in the vicinity of the boundary between both rolls 33 and 34. A plurality are formed. The plurality of slits 37 are respectively formed in two cutting blades 35, 35 adjacent to each other in the roll rotation axis direction X in one roll 33 or 34, and in a groove 65 positioned between the two cutting blades 35, 35. It is a space portion defined by one cutting blade 35 in the other roll 34 or 33 arranged opposite to the other roll 34 or 33, and is a part used for cutting out the noodle strings 4 from the multilayer noodle strip 3. The basic configuration of the noodle string cutting means 32 described above is the same as this type of rotary noodle string cutting means.

  As one of the main features of the noodle strip cutting means 32, as shown in FIG. 3, two or more types of slits 37 (37A, 37B, 37A, 37B, 37C). That is, the noodle string cutting means 32 has a plurality of (three) noodle string forming regions A, B, and C having different lengths (widths) in the roll rotation axis direction X of the cutting blade 35 and / or the groove 36. The noodle strings 4 are cut in the direction X, and the thicknesses of the noodle strings 4 cut out from the multilayer noodle strip 3 in the regions A, B, and C are different from each other. A plurality of slits 37A are formed in the region A, a plurality of slits 37B are formed in the region B, and a plurality of slits 37C are formed in the region C. In the present embodiment, the lengths of the regions A, B, and C in the roll rotation axis direction X are the same.

  More specifically, in the present embodiment, the pair of cutting blade rolls 33 and 34 that constitute the noodle string cutting means 32 are each a plurality of (three types) corresponding to a plurality of types (three types) of cutting blades 35 having different counts. ) Noodle strings forming regions A, B and C in the roll rotation axis direction X, and each region A, B and C is a roll of the groove 36 due to the difference in the count of the cutting blades 35. The lengths (widths) in the rotation axis direction X are different from each other. That is, the noodle strip cutting means 32 in this embodiment includes a plurality of three types of slits 37A, 37B, and 37C having different slit widths W.

  Here, as is well known, the count is the number of the cutting edge defined in the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS), and corresponds to the number of noodle strings cut out equally from the 30 mm width portion of the cutting edge. . For example, when the count of the cutting blade 35 in the noodle string forming area A is No. 10, the width of the noodle string 4 cut out from the area A is 30 ÷ 10 = 3 mm, and the roll rotation axis direction X in the area A Ten noodle strings having a width of 3 mm are cut out from a portion having a length of 30 mm along the line. As the number of the cutting blade 35 increases, the slit width W decreases and the cut noodle strings 4 become thinner.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the slit width W is a noodle string forming region A (slit) located on one end side in the roll rotation axis direction X of the cutting blade rolls 33 and 34 (noodle string cutting means 32). 37A) is the largest in the noodle string forming region C (slit 37C) located on the other end side, and in the noodle string forming region B (slit 37B) sandwiched between both regions A and C, both regions The width is intermediate between the widths W of A and C.

  The manufacturing method of the noodles of this embodiment can be implemented as described below using the noodle making apparatus 10 having the above-described configuration. The method for producing noodles of the present embodiment includes a multilayer noodle strip preparation step in which a plurality (two layers) of noodle strips 1 and 2 are overlapped and rolled to form a multilayer noodle strip 3, and a slit defined by a cutting blade 35 The noodle strip cutting means 32 provided with a plurality of noodles 37, the multilayer noodle strip 3 is supplied to the noodle strip cutting means 32, and a plurality of noodle strips 4 corresponding to the plurality of slits 37 are cut out from the multilayer noodle strip 3 Line preparation step.

  In the multilayer noodle strip preparation step, the multilayer noodle strip preparation means 20 is used to prepare long single-layer noodle strips 1 and 2 according to a conventional method. Superposition is performed by the polymerization means 24 of the noodle band preparing means 20 and rolling is performed by the noodle band continuous rolling means 25 to obtain a long multilayer noodle band (two-layer noodle band) 3.

  In the noodle string preparing step, the noodle string preparing means 30 is used to roll the long multilayer noodle band 3 with the rolling roll pair 31 and between the pair of cutting blade rolls 33 and 34 constituting the noodle string cutting means 32. To supply continuously. The cutting blade rolls 33 and 34 rotate in directions opposite to each other, and the multilayer noodle strip 3 supplied between both the rolls 33 and 34 has the edges of the plurality of cutting blades 35 of the both rolls 33 and 34 (the cutting blades). It is cut by the tip corners) and cut out as noodle strings 4 from each of the plurality of slits 37 (37A, 37B, 37C). As described above, the three types of slits 37A, 37B, and 37C included in the noodle string cutting means 32 have different slit widths W. Three types of noodle strings having different thicknesses corresponding to the seed slits 37A, 37B, and 37C are included.

  The plurality of long noodle strings 4 thus cut out from the noodle string cutting means 32 by random cutting are cut into predetermined lengths by the cutting means 38 to form noodles (raw noodles) 5. The noodles, which are the production object of the production method of the present embodiment, are aggregates of a plurality of noodles 5, and the aggregate includes three types of noodles 5 having different thicknesses. The appearance is diverse and timeless.

  The noodle raw material (flour, auxiliary raw material) which is a material for forming the noodle strip according to the present invention will be described. As the noodle raw material contained in the noodle strip, those usually used for the production of this type of noodles are used without particular limitation. be able to. Examples of the flour used in the present invention include wheat flour such as strong flour, semi-strong flour, medium flour, thin flour, durum wheat flour, rye flour, corn flour, barley flour, buckwheat flour, rice flour, bean flour and the like. These can be used alone or in combination of two or more, depending on the type of noodles that are the production object.

  Examples of the auxiliary materials (noodle materials other than flour) used in the present invention include tapioca starch, potato starch, corn starch, waxy corn starch, starch such as wheat starch and rice starch, and α-ized, acetylated and etherified therein. Processed starch, esterified, oxidized, crosslinked, etc .; wheat gluten, soy protein, egg yolk powder, egg white powder, whole egg powder, skim milk powder, etc .; fats and oils such as animal and vegetable fats and powdered fats and oils ; Kansui, dietary fiber, swelling agent, thickener, emulsifier, salt, sugar, sweetener, spice, seasoning, vitamins, minerals, pigment, flavor, dextrin, etc. Depending on the type or the like, one of these may be used alone or in combination of two or more.

  In the noodle strip according to the present invention, the content of flour is preferably 30 to 60% by mass, more preferably 40 to 50% by mass in the noodle raw material, and the content of the auxiliary raw material is in the noodle raw material, Preferably it is 40-70 mass%, More preferably, it is 50-60 mass%. Moreover, the amount of water added to the noodle raw material when preparing the noodle band is preferably 30 to 50 parts by mass, and more preferably 35 to 45 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the noodle raw material.

  The multilayer noodle strip according to the present invention [multilayer noodle strip immediately before being supplied to the noodle strip cutting means (immediately before cutting out the noodle strip)] is composed of a laminate of two or more single-layer noodle strips, as described above. It is not restricted to a two-layer noodle strip, and may be composed of three or more layers. According to the knowledge of the inventors, the effect of the noodle strips according to the present invention described above, particularly the variety of texture, is particularly effective for the two-layer noodle strips. As a preferable aspect of a certain multilayer noodle strip, a two-layer noodle strip in which two layers of noodle strips are overlapped is exemplified. Moreover, in the multilayer noodle strip according to the present invention, the composition of each layer may be different from each other or the same.

  Moreover, in the multilayer noodle strip according to the present invention, the thickness of each layer may be different from each other or the same. When the multilayer noodle strip according to the present invention is a two-layer noodle strip, the thickness ratio of each layer (one layer, the other layer) is preferably one from the viewpoint of improving the balance of viscoelasticity and improving the texture. Layer / the other layer = 1/1 to 1/10, more preferably one layer / the other layer = 1/2 to 1/5.

  Moreover, the multilayer noodle strip according to the present invention can be made into a three-layer noodle strip using two layers (one layer, the other layer) of noodle strips having different compositions. A three-layer structure consisting of “one layer / the other layer / one layer” can be mentioned. In such a three-layer noodle band, the thickness of the entire three-layer structure is preferably 1.2 to 3.0 mm, and the ratio of the thickness of each layer is from the viewpoint of improving the viscoelastic balance and improving the texture. Preferably one layer / the other layer / one layer = 1/1/1 to 1/6/1, more preferably one layer / the other layer / one layer = 1/2/1 to 1/4 / 1. In such a three-layer noodle band, the thicknesses of two “one layer” constituting both outer layers of the three-layer structure may be different from each other, but are preferably the same. Even when the multilayer noodle strip according to the present invention is composed of a laminate of four or more layers of noodle strips, both outer layers of the laminate can be composed of the same layer.

  The method for producing noodles of the present invention can be applied to various noodles, and is particularly effective for producing udon, soba, pasta and Chinese noodles, and particularly effective for producing udon.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the embodiment, this invention is not restrict | limited to the said embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention, it can change suitably. For the implementation of the method for producing noodles of the present embodiment, other noodle making apparatuses other than the noodle making apparatus 10 described above can be used as appropriate. For example, rolling of the noodle band is stepwise as in the noodle making apparatus 10. It is not limited to rolling. Moreover, the cutting blade of the noodle strings cutting means is not limited to the so-called square blade described above, and a known cutting blade such as a thin blade or a round blade can be used. Moreover, although the noodle string cutting means 32 mentioned above was comprised including the pair of cutting blade rolls 33 and 34 which oppose each other, the noodle string cutting means which concerns on this invention is not limited to this, For example, opposing A plurality of cutting blade roll pairs to be arranged may be arranged in the roll rotation axis direction to constitute the noodle strip cutting means, and the slit width may be different between the plurality of cutting blade roll pairs. In the noodle strip cutting means composed of such a plurality of cutting blade roll pairs, each cutting blade roll pair can be made to correspond to one of the plurality of noodle strip forming regions A, B, C described above. .

  Examples and comparative examples are given to specifically describe the present invention, but the present invention is not limited by the following examples.

<Preparation of noodle dough>
A sheet of 10 mm in thickness is added to 100 parts by mass of the noodle raw material shown in Table 1 below, with 48 parts by mass of water and 5.5 parts by mass of sodium chloride, kneaded under reduced pressure (-0.093 MPa), rolled. Single-layered noodle strips S1 and S2 were prepared, respectively. The noodle materials used are as follows. Medium strength flour (Nisshin Flour “Fold”), Tapioca starch (J Oil Mills “A800”), wheat gluten (Glico Nutrition Food “A Glu G”).

[Example 1]
Using the noodle strips S1 and S2, according to the method for producing noodles using the noodle making apparatus 10 described above, preparation of a two-layer noodle strip and three types of different thicknesses by random cutting from the two-layer noodle strip Noodle strings were cut out sequentially to produce udon made of three types of noodles (two-layered noodles) having different thicknesses. As the cutting blades, three types of counts of No. 8, No. 9, and No. 10 were used, and the thickness of the obtained two-layer noodles was 3.75 mm, 3.33 mm, and 3.00 mm.

[Comparative Example 1]
Using only the noodle strip S1 (that is, using a single-layer noodle strip) and cutting the noodle strip using only the 9th cutting blade as the cutting blade (ie, the noodle strip was not cut randomly) Except for the above, in the same manner as in Example 1, udon made of uniform single layer noodles having a thickness of 3.33 mm was produced.

[Comparative Example 2]
A single layer of three different thicknesses (3.75 mm, 3.33 mm, 3.00 mm) was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that only the noodle strip S1 was used (that is, a single layer noodle strip was used). Noodles made of noodles were produced.

[Comparative Example 3]
The thickness is 3.33 mm and uniform in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the noodle strip was cut using only the number 9 cutting blade as the cutting blade (ie, the noodle strip was not cut randomly). Udon made from two layers of noodles.

<Evaluation>
Boiled 100 g of the noodles to be evaluated until the yield reached 170%, and the texture and appearance of the boiled udon were sensorially evaluated by the 10 panelists based on the following evaluation criteria. The results (average score of 10 panelists) are shown in Table 2 below.

(Evaluation criteria for texture)
5 points: Extremely diverse textures were felt.
4 points: Various textures were felt.
3 points: A variety of textures were felt.
2 points: Diverse textures were not felt.
1 point: Almost various textures were not felt.

(Evaluation criteria for appearance)
5 points: The thickness of the noodles was almost scattered.
4 points: The thickness of the noodles was quite different.
3 points: The thickness of the noodles was varied.
2 points: The thickness of the noodles varied.
1 point: The thickness of the noodles was uniform.

1, 2 Single layer noodle strip 3 Multi layer noodle strip (double layer noodle strip)
4 Noodle strings 5 Noodles 10 Noodle making equipment 20 Multilayer noodle strip preparation means 21 Kneading means 22 Noodle strip preparation means 23 Noodle strip continuous rolling means 24 Polymerization means 25 Noodle strip continuous rolling means 30 Noodle band preparation means 31 Rolling roll pair 32 Noodle strings Cutting means 33, 34 Cutting blade roll 35 Cutting blade 36 Grooves 37, 37A, 37B, 37C Slit 38 Cutting means A, B, C Noodle string forming region

Claims (4)

A multi-layered noodle strip preparation process in which a plurality of noodle strips are stacked and rolled to form a multi-layered noodle strip,
A plurality of noodle strings corresponding to a plurality of slits from the multilayer noodle strip by using the noodle strip cutting means having a plurality of slits defined by a cutting blade, supplying the multilayer noodle strip to the noodle strip cutting means Noodle strings preparation step of cutting out,
A method for producing noodles, wherein the noodle strings are cut out using a plurality of slits having different slit widths.   The method for producing noodles according to claim 1, wherein the multilayer noodle strip is a two-layer noodle strip in which two layers of noodle strips are overlapped.   The method for producing noodles according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the noodle strip cutting means includes two or more slits having different slit widths.   Noodles manufactured by the method for manufacturing noodles according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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