JPH0121744B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a method for continuously producing a macaroni-like food product.

[Conventional technology and its problems]

Cylindrical foods include macaroni and chikuwa. This macaroni is made by adding appropriate amounts of salt and seasonings to flour, kneading it with water, feeding this raw material to a macaroni making machine, extruding it under high pressure from a macaroni making die, and cutting it into regular sizes. is dry. This macaroni raw material is mainly composed of wheat flour and is hardened, so the macaroni material extruded from the die has shape-retaining properties and can be dried as is.

Chikuwa is made mainly from fish meat, which is mixed with flour, seasonings, etc., rolled into a skewer to the desired thickness, and then baked. This bamboo wheel material is softer and has poorer shape retention than macaroni material, so it is necessary to use a skewer.

The object of the present invention is to continuously manufacture cylindrical articles without using skewers, even from extremely soft materials such as chikuwa materials, which have poor shape retention by themselves.

[Means for solving problems]

A pipe having the outer shape and outer diameter of the macaroni-like product to be manufactured is protruded into a device that pressurizes and extrudes the material, and an inner pipe or rod is inserted into the outer pipe so as to leave a gap corresponding to the thickness of the product. Then, fix the proximal end of this inner tube or rod to the extrusion device in the same way as the proximal end of the outer pipe, and maintain the concentricity or eccentricity of both the inner and outer tubes to connect the inner and outer tubes. The tube is connected and fixed at one point on the circumferential surface of the tube, and the desired raw material is continuously pushed out at a predetermined speed into the gap between the outer tube and the inner tube, and the outer circumference of the outer tube is cooled or heated depending on the properties of the raw material. Alternatively, processing is performed by heating and cooling, and a macaroni-like product is continuously produced in which a large number of grooves are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the product using a cutting blade provided on the inner circumferential surface of the outlet of the outer tube.

[Example] The food according to the present invention uses agar, jelly, konnyaku, etc. in addition to raw materials mainly made of minced fish meat such as chikuwa and kamaboko, and has an outer diameter of about 3 mm to several tens of millimeters.
We are not limited by raw materials and can manufacture any type of cylindrical product with lengths ranging from several mm to 30 cm. In addition, the outer and inner tubes are generally cylindrical, but if you want to change the cross-sectional shape, you can change the tubes to square, polygonal, or
It can be oval, heart, or other elephant shape, and the inner and outer tubes can also have the same shape or different shapes.

Next, the main ingredient is minced fish meat, which is then topped with flour and
This article describes the production of a cylindrical food product about the size of macaroni using raw materials such as kamaboko kneaded with seasonings.

First, a pre-kneaded material is put into the extrusion device 1, and when the required pressure is applied to it, a cylindrical gap 4 is created from this discharge port inside the outer tube 2 and between it and the inner tube 3. The above material is extruded inside. The material at this time is extremely soft and has poor shape retention, and because it has a certain degree of fluidity, it is easily pushed out into the gap between the inner and outer tubes, and each tube has a shape other than a circle, such as a square, polygon, oval, etc. Even if it is pressed out, the space (gap) is reliably filled. When the outer circumferential surface of the outer tube 2 is heated to a predetermined temperature using steam, a heater, or other heating means, the material is pushed out and transferred inside the outer tube.
It is heated to form a macaroni-like product. However, within this outer tube, stays 5 that fix the inner tube 3 at a predetermined position within the outer tube are protruded at regular intervals or continuously, so the article G pushed out inside this outer tube has a cylindrical shape. , is cut at a part of its outer periphery and has a cut Ga in its longitudinal direction. In order to make this cut in the longitudinal direction of the article as small as possible, the diameter of the outer tube is narrowed to a slightly smaller diameter at the tip of the outer tube, that is, on the product outlet side, so that the cut becomes almost inconspicuous. Furthermore, a small hole is provided at the outlet end of the stay that communicates with the tip of the inner tube from the outside to prevent the product from flattening due to pressure differences at the tube outlet. In addition, the feed rate of the material pushed out through the gap between the inner and outer tubes is variably determined so that the manufacturing capacity can be maintained above a certain set value, and the length of the tube is increased so that the material can be heated or cooled during transfer within the tube, or after being heated. Cooling can also be done at the same time. By increasing the pipe length, it is possible to increase the feeding speed and increase the heating or cooling time.
Furthermore, a large number of thin plate-shaped cutting blades are provided at the end of the tube, for example, on the inner peripheral surface of the outer tube end, so that when the product is pushed out of the outer tube, a large number of cut grooves Gb are carved on the outer circumference of the product. It becomes a cylindrical object, and therefore,
When seasonings such as soy sauce or mayonnaise are applied to the cut grooves on the outer circumferential surface, the flavor can be increased by soaking them in, and the texture can also be improved by the cut grooves. When there is a cut groove Gb on the outer circumferential surface of the product, it is also possible to make it squid-like by changing the product from a cylindrical shape to a flat plate shape using the cut Ga formed in the stay. When using a material such as agar, the outer periphery of the outer tube is cooled.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The present invention protrudes a pipe having the outer shape and outer diameter of a macaroni-like product to be produced in an apparatus for pressurizing and extruding raw material, and an inner pipe or rod is formed so that a gap corresponding to the thickness of the product is created in the outer pipe. The proximal end of this inner tube or rod is fixed to the extrusion device in the same way as the proximal end of the outer pipe, and the inner and outer tubes are fixed in such a way that the concentricity or eccentricity of both the inner and outer tubes is maintained. The tubes are connected and fixed at one point on the circumferential surface of the tube, and the desired raw material is continuously pushed out at a predetermined speed into the gap between the outer tube and the inner tube, and the outer circumference of the outer tube is adjusted according to the properties of the raw material. Processing is performed by cooling, heating, or heating and cooling, and macaroni-like products are continuously manufactured with a large number of grooves formed on the outer circumferential surface of the product using a cutting blade provided on the inner circumferential surface of the outlet of the outer tube. Because of this, the inner tube can be held accurately even if the tube length is increased, and materials can be transferred at high speed within the tube, improving production capacity and making it possible to easily and continuously manufacture cylindrical foods. In addition, the texture can be increased by making many cuts on the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, and the shape of the product can be changed arbitrarily by changing the shape of the inner and outer tubes, and the inner tube is eccentric to the outer tube. By doing so, it is possible to form a cylindrical shape with a different cross-sectional shape, which has the advantage of providing a completely new food with an aesthetic appearance.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the main parts of the manufacturing machine, FIG. 2 is a side view of the same, and FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are explanatory views of the product according to the present invention. 1 is an extrusion device, 2 is an outer tube, 3 is an inner tube, 4 is a gap, 5 is a stay, G is a product, Ga is a cut, and Gb is a cut groove.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An outer tube that has the outer shape and outer diameter of the macaroni-like product to be manufactured and has a small diameter by slightly constricting the tip is provided in a device that pressurizes and extrudes the material, and inside this outer tube, there is a wall thickness and a diameter of the product. Insert an inner tube of the same length as the outer tube, leaving a gap of The inner and outer tubes are connected and fixed at one point on the tube's circumferential surface so as to maintain concentricity or eccentricity, and the desired raw material is continuously pushed out at a predetermined speed into the gap between the outer tube and the inner tube. The outer circumference of the outer tube is cooled, heated, or heated and cooled according to the properties of the raw material, and a large number of grooves are formed on the outer circumference of the product using cutting blades provided on the inner circumference of the outlet of the outer tube. A continuous manufacturing method for cylindrical foods, characterized by continuously manufacturing macaroni-like products.