METHOD FOR PREPARING CUTLETS BASED ON MINCED PEAS Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC A23L11/00 A23L13/60 A23L33/185 A23J3/22 

FIELD: food industry and food technology.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to methods for preparing meatballs using components of plant origin under industrial conditions. A method for preparing cutlets based on minced peas is proposed including cutting, minced meat preparation, moulding cutlets and breading the finished product, which involves adding food additive E 461, vegetable oil, Chicken flavouring and ice water to the cutter, followed by cutting for 3-4 minutes until a homogeneous consistency with obtaining a semi-finished product in the form of an emulsion, cutting pea texturate on a cutter to fractions of 1-2 mm and hydrating it with a mixture of water and ice for 1-2 minutes, then adding the resulting emulsion and spices to the hydrated texturate - Unifresh 10 preservative, garlic, pepper, Chicken flavouring - and kneading minced meat, preparing the filling for cutlets by adding spices in the form of turmeric, ground white pepper, ground black pepper, paprika, dried parsley, dill and garlic, as well as salt to melted coconut oil, then mixing, pouring the filling into rectangular moulds 7 grams and 1.5× 5 cm in size and freezing, manually rolling minced meat weighing 120 grams, first into the shape of a ball, then into the shape of a circle with a diameter of 15 cm, adding the filling in the form of two frozen rectangles laid in a row with an overlap one on top of the other, with the long side of the rectangles parallel to the planned long side of the cutlet oval, and forming an oval-shaped cutlet with pointed ends, breading the cutlet in flour, then in liaison, then in breadcrumbs and freezing to -18°C.

EFFECT: development of a method for preparing cutlets based on minced peas, balanced in terms of constituent food ingredients and having improved organoleptic characteristics, while being suitable for use by both the general public and vegetarians.

1 cl, 1 dwg, 1 tbl, 1 ex