| 摘要 |
SPECIALTY ICE CREAM PRODUCT HAVING COATED CRUNCHY CORE A specialty ice cream product is provided by this invention, where the product has a coated, preferably crunchy core. The core is food pieces which may be crunchy cereal, crushed and screened roasted nut pieces, peanut halves, dried raisins, dried apple pieces, mini marshmallows, and the like, all having random shapes and mixed sizes below about 10mm. The core pieces each have a substantially hard and dry surface, which is at least slightly irregular, and which may also be slightly porous. The coating comprises at least one layer of a fatty substance which includes at least partially hydrogenated vegetable fat in its formulation, and which has the characteristic that it solidifies below about 25.degree. (C) and is fully liquid over about 35.degree. (C). In general, the coating comprises more than one layer, usually chocolate flavoured; but the coating may comprise alternate layers of fatty coating material and dry powder material such as icing sugar, cocoa powder, milk powder or whey powder. The core pieces are individually coated before admixing with ice cream. The preferred method involves tumbling the core pieces in a tumbling pan, dispensing coating material for each layer and permitting that layer to cool and harden or at least becoming sticky or tacky if the next layer is to be a powder layer, before repeating the next coating step. Liquid fatty coating material may be sprayed through an nozzle, or it may be dispensed by being dispersed from a scoop; and the tumbling may be carried out at room temperature or in a stream of cold air. |
