JPH0638663A - Production of noodles - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce noodles capable of being boiled in a short time, having a shape not simple but close to a shape of handmade noodles. CONSTITUTION:In a method for producing noodles comprising a process for blending a powdery starch as a main raw material with a given amount of water to give a kneaded material, a process for pressing the kneaded material by opposing rollers at plural stages to give a thin laminar material and a process for cutting the thin laminar material by a great number of engaging bottomed ring-shaped blades to form long stripes of noodles, the opposing rollers at the final stage among the opposing rollers are made of corrugated rollers 10 and 11 and the gap between the corrugated rollers 10 and 11 is smaller than the height of the bottomed ring-shaped blades.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing noodles, such as udon, whose main raw material is powdered starch (including wheat flour, syrup powder, and potato powder).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The conventional mechanical method for producing noodles such as udon is to put wheat flour and a predetermined amount of saline in a kneading machine to knead to make a paste, and then to make a mass of the paste. A thin roller was made by passing a cylindrical roller through a noodle strip machine arranged oppositely, and the thin blade was cut into a predetermined width by a cutter to manufacture noodles such as udon.

[0003]

A part of this noodle is shown in FIG.
However, as shown in the figure, the noodle 20 has a simple cross section and a substantially square shape.
Becomes For this reason, there is a problem that ordinary people can recognize at a glance that the udon is manufactured by a machine and lack the commercial value. In addition, since the conventional mechanically-made udon has a substantially square cross section as shown in FIG. 3, it has a problem that heat does not pass easily and it takes longer to boil than hand-made noodles. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing noodles that can be boiled in a short time and that is not a single shape but is close to hand-made noodles.

[0004]

A method according to the above-mentioned object.
The method for producing noodles described is a step of adding a predetermined amount of water to powdery starch as a main raw material and kneading the mixture to form a kneaded product, and pressing the kneaded product with a plurality of opposing rollers to form a thin plate-like product. And a step of forming noodle strings by cutting with a number of bottomed ring-shaped blades that mesh the thin plate-like material, in the final stage of the opposing rollers, The opposing rollers are formed by corresponding corrugated rollers, and the gap between the corrugated rollers is smaller than the blade height of the bottomed ring-shaped blade.

[0005]

In the method for producing noodles according to the first aspect of the present invention, the thin plate-like material which is linearly cut by a large number of bottomed ring-shaped blades is provided with opposing waves arranged at intervals smaller than the depth of the bottomed ring-shaped blade. Since it is pressed by the mold roller, the cut noodle strings are arranged with a gap inside the bottomed ring-shaped blade, and since there is a gap inside, the noodle strings are appropriately twisted. The noodle strings cut by the method are not simple squares, but become irregular continuous lines having wrinkles on the surface, and become closer to hand-made noodles. Further, since the thin plate-shaped material is thinner than the depth of the ring-shaped blade with a bottom, the thin plate-shaped material is formed thinner than the conventional machine noodle, and the blanchability is improved.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a front view of a corrugated roller and a cutter used in the method for manufacturing noodles according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a thin plate-shaped product and cut noodles.

As shown in FIG. 1, the corrugated rollers 10 and 11 used in one embodiment of the present invention are formed by machining a cylindrical material such as stainless steel into a corrugated (sine curve) surface by an NC lathe. When facing each other, the gap is made uniform. In addition, the corrugated roller 1
0 and 11 are rotationally driven in opposite directions as indicated by arrows in the figure by a drive source (not shown).

On the other hand, the cutter 12 used in this embodiment,
13 is made of hard steel or stainless steel, and has a large number of bottomed ring-shaped blades 14 and 15 on its periphery. The bottomed ring-shaped blades 14 and 15 are thin plate-like objects that pass through each other due to the shearing force of the intersecting blade portions when the opposing blade portions are partially fitted and meshed with each other and are connected to a rotary drive source to rotate. It is designed to be cut vertically. The pitch of the bottomed ring-shaped blades 14 and 15 is about 0.3 to 3 times the pitch of the waves of the corrugated rollers 10 and 11, but the present invention is limited by the difference in pitch. is not. Further, the larger the diameter of the corrugated rollers 10 and 11 is, the smoother the kneaded material can be molded, but the diameter may be smaller in order to make the apparatus compact.

Next, the method for producing noodles according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. Wheat flour, which is an example of powdered starch, is mixed with a predetermined amount of saline and sufficiently stirred and mixed by a kneader. , Make a paste. This kneaded material is put between a pair of cylindrical rollers which are rotationally driven and which has one or more steps to form a plate-shaped material having an appropriate thickness. Then, the plate-shaped material is put between the corrugated rollers 10 and 11 to form the thin plate-shaped material 16. The gap between the corrugated rollers 10 and 11 is sufficiently smaller than the gap between the pair of cylindrical rollers arranged on the upstream side.

Next, the thin plate-like material 16 is attached to the cutter 1.
A bottomed ring-shaped blade 14 that meshes when passed between 2 and 13;
It is cut by 15. In this case, the bottomed ring-shaped blade 1
Blade height of 4 and 15 (means the height from the tip of the blade to the groove bottom)
Is thicker than the thickness of the thin plate-like material 16, so that a proper linear groove, or in some cases, a twist is generated in the cut noodle strings 17, and the noodle strings 17 become thin, resulting in the conventional mechanical type. It is less monotonous than the one. The noodles produced by the above production method are composed of the thin plate-like material 16, and thus can be blanched well.

[0011]

As is apparent from the above description, the method for producing noodles according to the first aspect of the present invention is such that a thin plate-like material which is linearly cut by a large number of bottomed ring-shaped blades is Since the noodles are pressed and formed by the corrugated rollers that face each other and are arranged at intervals smaller than the depth, the noodle strings are thin, and the blanching time is 1/2 to 1/3 of that of conventional noodles, which is short. You can boil the noodles inside. Then, since the thin plate-like material pressed corrugated by the corrugated roller is cut by the bottomed ring-shaped blade having a blade height larger than the thickness of the thin plate-like material, the noodle strings are not monotonous and also have a groove pattern or the like. As a result, the noodles come closer to the original hand-made noodles and the commercial value is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a corrugated roller and a cutter used in a method for manufacturing noodles according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a thin plate and cut noodles.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of noodles manufactured by a method according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Corrugated Roller 11 Corrugated Roller 12 Cutter 13 Cutter 14 Bottomed Ring Blade 15 Bottomed Ring Blade 16 Thin Plate 17 Noodles

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A step of adding a predetermined amount of water to a powdery starch, which is a main raw material, and kneading the mixture to form a kneaded material, and a step of pressing the kneaded material with a plurality of opposing rollers to form a thin plate-shaped material. And a step of forming noodle strings by cutting with a plurality of bottomed ring-shaped blades that mesh the thin plate-like object, in a final stage of the facing rollers, facing each other. A method for producing noodles, characterized in that the rollers are formed by corresponding corrugated rollers, and the gap between the corrugated rollers is made smaller than the height of the bottomed ring-shaped blade.