METHOD FOR PRODUCING OF SEMI-FINISHED GARNISH POTATOES Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A23L1/216 A23L1/217 C12P1/02 

FIELD: canned food industry, in particular, preparing of semi-finished garnish potatoes.

SUBSTANCE: method involves washing, inspecting and cleaning potatoes; before cleaning procedure, treating potatoes with lipid-containing extract of Mortierella indohii micromycet biomass used in an amount of 1-1·10⁵ mg/t, and holding for about 8 hours; providing additional cleaning, thermal processing to the extent providing at least inactivation of native enzymes and not in the excess of semi-ready state; providing slight drying to the extent of at least actual frying losses and not in the excess of state before beginning of second drying period; performing packaging and freezing. Method allows base product with smaller crumbling extent to be obtained, in particular, amount of crumbled pieces of potato in the closest prior art method constitutes about 9% while in the claimed method this amount averages 3%.

EFFECT: improved organoleptical properties of base product.