US 11,986,007 B2
Cooking process
Gian Luca Rana, San Giovanni Lupatoto (IT)
Assigned to PASTIFICIO RANA S.P.A., (IT)
Appl. No. 17/048,838
Filed by PASTIFICIO RANA S.P.A., San Giovanni Lupatoto (IT)
PCT Filed Apr. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/053388
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/207508, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000004840 (IT), filed on Apr. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235732 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A23L 7/109 (2016.01); A47J 27/18 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 27/04 (2006.01); A47J 27/16 (2006.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01)
CPC A23L 7/111 (2016.08) [A47J 27/18 (2013.01); A23V 2300/38 (2013.01); A47J 2027/008 (2013.01); A47J 2027/043 (2013.01); A47J 27/16 (2013.01); A47J 36/32 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for cooking pasta with a moisture content of at least 20% by weight with respect to the weight of the pasta, the moisture content corresponding to the pasta before the process is implemented; the process comprises:
a water feeding step, during which a given quantity of liquid water is fed to a container via a first nozzle; and
a vapour feeding step, during which a given quantity of water vapour is fed via a second nozzle to the container containing a given quantity of pasta for an amount of time of at least 7 seconds;
wherein the given quantity of water is smaller, by weight, than the given quantity of pasta and has a temperature of at least 50° C.