METHOD FOR DRYING PASTA Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A23L7/109 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the food industry, namely to a method for drying pasta. Pressed off semi-finished products from wheat flour and beef liver with particles not larger than 325 microns in a ratio of 70:30 are put in cassettes on a net pan with a cell of 5×5 mm, and then into a drying cabinet. Semi-finished products are dried in a steam convection oven with a rigidly fixed in the door ultrasonic radiator operating at a sound pressure level of 140 dB, 2 minutes at an air temperature of +95 °C, humidity of 95 % and 53 minutes at a temperature of +60 °C, humidity 70 % to the humidity of finished products 11 %, with the air speed inside the chamber – 1 m/s. Stabilization of finished products occurs at a temperature of +25…+30 °C and air humidity of 60–65 % for 3–4 hours.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to accelerate the drying process of pasta with meat additives, to increase the shelf life and quality of pasta without faults in the shape and strength.

1 cl, 3 dwg