DE29722691U1 - Potato-based products - Google Patents

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Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Steffen ANDRAE

Dipl.-Phys. Dieter FLACH

Dipl.-Ing. Dietmar HAUG

Dipl.-Chem. Dr. Richard KNEISSL

Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Friedrich BAUER

Dipl.-Biochem. Dr. Michael SCHNEIDER

Balanstrasse 55

D-81541 Munich

File: 2764

Applicant: Societe des Produits Nestle SA

CH-1800 Vevey

Potato-based products

The invention relates to potato-based products which are suitable, for example, for fast food.

French fries, potato chips, croquettes or ready-made potato meals are very popular on the market and are successfully produced and sold. Potato products are popular with both young and older consumers. They are easily and often eaten by hand or from a plate and with a garnish, such as salad. Due to their particularly mild taste, they can be combined with almost all other foods, such as meat, ham, bacon, fish roe or vegetables, to create appetizers.

The invention is based on the idea of using a potato-based bottom or top part for burgers, sandwiches or toast instead of halves of a normal bakery roll or baguette or two slices of cereal-based toast as the bottom or top part.

The invention thus relates to a potato-based product with the features specified in claim 1.

Further advantageous embodiments are the subject of the subclaims.

The potato-based product of the invention produces an interesting and surprisingly tasty taste impression.

To make the potato-based product, the peeled potatoes are blanched and partially cooked in a pressure cooker or steam boiler. This pre-cooking/blanching step takes about 6 to 10, preferably 8 minutes. After this, the potatoes are neither raw nor cooked and are still white. Then the potatoes are seasoned in the usual way, e.g. with salt, pepper and nutmeg, and then chopped to the size of matchstick potatoes (allumettes) or rösti. For example, the blanched and partially cooked potato strips can have a diameter of 2 to 4.5 mm.

The pre-cooking step causes a change in the texture or structure. The strips are both hard and elastic and do not fall apart. The enzymes are inactivated.
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These pre-treated and chopped potatoes can now be used to make "potato burgers", "potato sandwiches" or "potato toasts".

0 The pre-treated and chopped potatoes are formed into the respective upper and lower parts in a suitably designed form. In the case of a "potato burger", the upper and lower parts have the typical, more or less circular or oval and curved shape of a standard bun used for 5 hamburgers. In the case of "potato sandwiches" or "potato toasts", the shape is more or less square or rectangular and flat, as is the case for sandwiches.

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Toast bread is common.

The "potato burger", the "potato sandwich" or the "potato toast" are made in the corresponding form by adding a layer of pre-treated and chopped potatoes, a layer of filling and another layer of pre-treated and chopped potatoes. Of course, several layers of filling and potatoes can also alternate.

The filling can consist of, for example, cheese, ham and cheese, cod and shrimp, mushrooms in sauce, beef, chicken or vegetables. In principle, any culinary filling used for filling pancakes can also be used for filling.

The final size and weight depend on practical circumstances. For example, the weight can be 170 g.

After forming and filling, the potato-based product is frozen, packaged and distributed. The product can be packaged in the form of a single pack, multipack or flow pack.

To prepare the product, it is not heated in the packaging, but rather taken out of it. The "potato burger", "potato sandwich" or "potato toast" is prepared for consumption by frying or baking in a pan, grill, toaster, oven or deep fryer, for example. Frying at 180 ⁰ C and frying in the pan takes 4 to 5 minutes. After that, the potato layer is fried and browned crispy on the outside, just like French fries.

5 The desired taste depends on the type of potato used, e.g. Charlotte. In addition, it is possible to add vegetables to the potato material used, for example

A starchy binder holds the upper and lower parts together.

After heating, the product can be returned to the packaging and consumed by hand.

Claims (7)

Protection claims 1. A potato-based product comprising: a base formed from pre-treated and shredded potatoes, a filling layer and an upper part formed from pre-treated and shredded potatoes. 2. Potato-based product according to claim 1, wherein the filling layer is composed of several alternating layers of the filling material and layers of pre-treated and chopped potatoes. Potato-based product according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the pretreatment of the potatoes is carried out by blanching. 4. A potato-based product according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the chopped potatoes have a diameter of 2 to 4.5 mm. 5. Potato-based product according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the filling consists of cheese, ham and cheese, cod and shrimp, mushrooms in sauce, beef, chicken or vegetables. 6. Potato-based product according to any one of the preceding claims, having a substantially round or oval and domed or substantially square or rectangular and flat shape. 7. A potato-based product according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein vegetables are further added to the potato starting material.