METHOD FOR OBTAINING OF PRODUCT COMPONENTS FOR 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 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 for each product component, said weight presenting minimal weight amount of product component required for preparing of one portion of ready dish including said component by selecting minimal amount of each i-product component; determining values of multiplicity coefficient K_ij of all product components (p_i,j)₁ of j-dish; providing preliminary preparing of product components and cutting in accordance with culinary receipts; cooling components, which may not be stored for long time at positive temperatures; weighing product components in accordance with weight V_ij.; packing portions having weight of V_ij in individual packages; vacuumizing; sealing and cooling to temperature within the range of from -18 C to +5 C; directing for storage at the same temperature or for sale. EFFECT: wider range of usage, provision for mechanized production of semi-finished food products and reduced labor intensity. 6 cl, 3 tbl, 1 ex