Despite the fact that in the modern kitchen there are numerous household appliances with which you can cook almost anything, corn sticks are one of those delicacies that are quite difficult to prepare at home. The reason is that you have to observe special temperature and humidity conditions, as well as take into account atmospheric conditions. On an industrial scale, the production of corn sticks takes place in several stages, which are carried out under strict control.
It is necessary
-
- corn grits
- grinding machine
- extruder
- air conditioning
- container for storing ready-made sticks
- powdered sugar
- vegetable oils (optional)
- cocoa powder for sprinkling on sticks.
Instructions
Step 1
Prepare corn grits, grind them on a coffee grinder or in a grinder. The grains should be of the same size, since the process of foaming the mass from which the sticks are made depends on this. If the groats are poorly ground, then at the time of preparation of the dough, it forms lumps and will constantly burn in the extrusion apparatus.
Step 2
Load the groats into a conditioner (auger). In it, the ground cereal should be mixed with warm salted water for 3-4 minutes. After that, at a constant speed, the groats should be mixed until completely broken for about 3 hours. At this stage, it is important that the air conditioner maintains a constant humidity at around 25%. The moistened cereal is poured into the extruder, where it should be heated to a temperature of 200 ° C. It is worth noting that an increase in pressure is important, which makes it possible to create a plastic hot mass from the cereal. Water vapor and the pressure of the screw apparatus squeeze out the mass, the pressure in which, when squeezed out, seems to break a corn stick. A knife, fixed on a movable mechanism, cuts the dough at an equal distance, the sticks are dried in a special receiver up to 5% moisture.
Step 3
Carry out the glazing process. For it, it is best to use vegetable oils (sunflower, rapeseed, palm and their mixtures). After greasing the sticks with oil and mixing them, you need to fill in the crushed ingredients with which the sticks will be glazed into the mixing drum. This can be crab meat, bacon, protein fortifier, sugar, salt, garlic, chocolate chips, powdered sugar, etc.
