METHOD FOR OBTAINING OF PRODUCT COMPONENTS FOR SEMI-FINISHED FOOD DISH 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 having 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 portion of dish; determining number of portions nj in each ready j-dish; determining weight (p_i,j)₁ of all i-natural product components of j-dishes per one ready portion of dish; determining weight p_i,min of i-product micro module of natural product by selecting minimal weight amount of each i-product component; determining values of multiplicity coefficient K_ij of all i-product components (p_i,j)₁ of j- dish; providing preliminary preparing of natural product components and cutting thereof in accordance with culinary receipts; drying product components, which may not be kept for long time at positive temperatures, while preliminarily setting percentage of moisture amount, which must be removed by drying procedure; determining weight of product micro module of dried components (p_i,min)_c.; weighing product components of j-dish food to provide weight of V_ij; packing portions having weight of V_ij into individual packages; vacuumizing; sealing and directing for storage at positive temperatures not in the excess of 40 C or for sale. EFFECT: provision for mechanized production of semi-finished food fishes and reduced labor intensity. 6 cl, 4 tbl, 1 ex