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Process for preparing coated fried vegetables
Assignee: Nestec SA
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Filing: 1979-06-07
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Granted: 1981-06-09
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Expires: 1999-06-07
Abstract
Abstract The invention is concerned with a process for the preparation of fried vegetables, particularly fried vegetables to be frozen. The process comprises coating pieces of the vegetable with a starch-containing product, blanching the coated pieces with steam and deep fat frying the coated and blanched pieces.
Inventors
- 👤 Bengt L. Bengtsson
- 👤 Jorgen Fonskov
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 23:16
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23B; A23B7/00; A23B7/06; A23L; A23L19/00; A23L19/03; A23L19/05; A23P; A23P20/00; A23P20/10; A23P20/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A process for the preparation of fried vegetables which comprises: (a) coating raw or frozen pieces of the vegetables either i. in one step with a starch-containing product in dry state comprising a mixture of potato starch and cereal flour or a mixture of cereal flour and bread crumbs or corn flakes crumbs or a mixture of cereal flour, potato starch and bread or corn flakes crumbs; or ii. in two steps with a fluid batter and then with a starch-containing product as defined in (i) above; (b) blanching the coated pieces with steam for 1 to 5 minutes; and then (c) deep fat frying the coated and blanched pieces for 0.5 to 1.5 minutes at 150° C. to 200° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A process for the preparation of fried vegetables which comprises: (a) coating raw or frozen pieces of the vegetables either i. in one step with a starch-containing product in dry state comprising a mixture of potato starch and cereal flour or a mixture of cereal flour and bread crumbs or corn flakes crumbs or a mixture of cereal flour, potato starch and bread or corn flakes crumbs; or ii. in two steps with a fluid batter and then with a starch-containing product as defined in (i) above; (b) blanching the coated pieces with steam for 1 to 5 minutes; and then (c) deep fat frying the coated and blanched pieces for 0.5 to 1.5 minutes at 150° C. to 200° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the vegetables are raw or frozen pieces of potato, carrot, onion, turnip, rutabaga, celery, parsnip, red beet, egg-plant, squash, vegetable marrow, cauliflower, brussels sprout and mushroom.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the starch-containing product is a mixture comprising by weight 50-90% potato granules and 10-50% wheat flour.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the starch-containing product is a mixture comprising by weight about 50% corn flake crumbs and about 50% wheat flour.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the starch-containing product is a mixture comprising by weight about 20% corn flake crumbs, about 50% wheat flour and about 30% potato granules.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the amount of coating added represents 4 to 15% by weight of the vegetables treated.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 6, in which the amount of coating added represents 7 to 10% by weight of the vegetables treated.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the batter added represents up to 10% by weight of the vegetables treated.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 8, in which the batter added represents up to 5% by weight of the vegetables treated.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the coated vegetable pieces are blanched in a microwave tunnel in an atmosphere of steam.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the coated and blanched vegetable pieces are deep fat fried for 60 to 90 seconds at about 185° C.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process according to claim 1, in which the fried vegetable pieces are drained and frozen.
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