摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/EP91/00573 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 20, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 20, 1992 PCT Filed Mar. 26, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/14391 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 1992.Process for fast cooking filamentary alimentary pastas and the like, consisting in feeding high-temperature, pressurized water to a pre-cooking chamber thermostatted by means of the same high-temperature water, feeding to the chamber, and by means of a metering feeder, a portion of raw pasta together with hot water, and keeping the pasta under such condition until the pasta is softened, feeding a further amount of hot water to the pre-cooking chamber in order to stir the softened pasta, transferring the pasta to a thermostatted end-cooking chamber, and removing hot cooking water causing the hot water to circulate through a plurality of expansion chambers before being sent to a heat exchanger associated with the water feed pipe. Fast-cooking apparatus suitable for practicing the process in an automatic way, in which the operating cycle is governed by a microprocessor, or the like. |