METHOD FOR OBTAINING OF SEMI-FINISHED FOOD DISHES Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing industry, public catering enterprises and trade. SUBSTANCE: method involves selecting culinary receipts of several food dishes with single generic name; determining weight of each product component for each food dish; determining weight P_j of selected ready dishes; setting weight p of one ready portion of dish; determining number of portions n_j in each ready j-dish; determining weight (p_i,j)₁ of all i-natural product components of j-dishes per one ready dish portion; determining weight p_i,min of i-product micro module of natural product by selecting minimal weight of each i-product component; determining values of multiplicity coefficient K_ij for all j-product components of (p_i,j)₁ of j-dish; setting number N of portions of ready dish; providing preliminary preparing of natural product components and cutting in accordance with culinary receipts; drying product components which may not be kept for long time at positive temperatures; weighing product components in accordance with weights determined for product modules of natural products (p_i,j)_mod and/or for product modules of dry products (p_k,j)_mod,c, said product modules being packages of product component used in an amount required for preparing of whole number of portions of ready dish; sealing product module packages; providing sets of semi-finished j-dishes from K_ij of product module in accordance with culinary receipts; packing product module of each j-semi-finished product in individual package for semi-finished product and directing for storage at positive temperatures or for sale. EFFECT: provision for mechanized and automated production of food dishes and reduced labor consumption. 5 tbl, 1 ex