A food dough extrusion machine (10). The machine has a platform (2) and at least one extrusion unit (1) supported by the platform (2). The extrusion machine (10) has a guidance (3) by which the at least one extrusion unit (10) is supported on the platform (2) and by which the at least one extrusion unit (10) is adjustable relative to the platform (2) and/or removable from the platform (2).

The present invention relates to a method for creating a inverted puff pastry dough or croissant dough, comprising the steps of: A. Creating a laminate extending in a length ad a width direction by: A1. Providing a first layer of a mixture of fat such as margarine or butter and flour or starch on a substrate; A2. Providing at least one layer of dough on top of the mixture; A4. Providing a second layer of a mixture of dough and flour or starch on top of the dough layer; C. Cutting the thus obtained laminate in the width direction, as to obtain multiple laminate pieces; D. Stacking the laminate pieces in a partly-overlapping manner in the length direction, while essentially outlining them in the width direction; and E. Rolling the stack a first time in a rolling direction in or against the length direction, thus obtaining a inverted puff pastry dough or croissant dough.

Device for folding at least one dough piece, comprising at least one folding shoe, for folding a dough piece conveyed along the folding shoe about a folding line in the direction of conveyance, a support, for carrying the at least one folding shoe above a conveyor for the dough piece wherein the folding shoe is mountable to and demountable from the support by a sliding connection. The specification further relates to a folding shoe, and to a dough line.

A system for producing a layered food product includes a frame, a plurality of molding units, a plank, a conveyor belt, and a collection bin. The plurality of molding units are configured to apply pressure to a plurality of food layers and each include an apparatus and a spring. An external surface of the body includes a plurality of external, upper walls connecting to form a pyramid. The internal surface includes a plurality of internal, upper walls that have a first lining configured to shape the plurality of food layers and a second lining configured to seal the plurality of food layers, and a plurality of internal, lower walls that terminate in a geometric edge configured to cut the plurality of food layers. The spring is operably connected to the apparatus and configured to move a molding unit into an active position and a retracted position.

A machine comprises at lease one pair of cylindrical extensions coupled to gears driven by a rotating shaft for opening the extensions for insertion of a flat blank and closing the cylindrical extensions onto the flat blank. The flat blank is folded and rolled. A second set of gears, operated by a rotating shaft, crimps, at least partially fries, cuts and directs finished products to the next step in processing and packaging.

A multivariable method for continuously producing bakery products including: producing a first dough phase, applying the first dough phase to a first conveyor belt, inputting the relaxed first dough phase into a second kneading device and producing a second dough phase, applying the second dough phase to a second conveyor belt, transferring the dough strip onto a third conveyor belt, folding the dough strip, inserting the dough strip into a second rolling device, cutting the dough strip into a predetermined number of dough pieces, loading baking molds with the dough pieces, fermenting the dough pieces baking the dough pieces, removing the baked bakery product, and cooling the bakery product, and cooling the baking molds after the baked bakery product has been removed.

In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a food preparation system is disclosed comprising a mat including a deformable material permitting a first portion of the mat to be folded onto a second portion of the mat, and at least one utensil defining a height. The at least one utensil is positionable between the first and second portions of the mat such that a food product positioned between the first and second portions of the mat can be flattened to a thickness approximately equivalent to the height of the at least one utensil by applying a force to the mat.

Device for folding at least one dough piece, comprising at least one folding shoe, for folding a dough piece conveyed along the folding shoe about a folding line in the direction of conveyance, a support, for carrying the at least one folding shoe above a conveyor for the dough piece wherein the folding shoe is mountable to and demountable from the support by a sliding connection. The specification further relates to a folding shoe, and to a dough line.

Method for manufacturing puff pastry or croissant dough, comprising the steps of: Providing a sheet of dough that extends in a lengthwise and a widthwise direction; Applying a layer of fat, in particular butter, to the sheet of dough, which extends in the lengthwise direction mainly over the length of the dough, and in the widthwise direction covers a part of the width of the dough, in particular half of the width, thereby leaving a part of the sheet of dough free on both sides in the widthwise direction; Folding the parts of the sheet of dough that extend outside the layer of fat over the fat around a fold line that extends in the lengthwise direction and borders on the edge of the layer of fat; before folding the sheet of dough locally reducing the thickness of the sheet of dough at the fold lines; and/or at at least one of the sides of the sheet of dough that extend in the lengthwise direction.

Provided is a folding/laminating apparatus in which a conveying direction in which a dough sheet is conveyed and a discharging direction in which a laminated dough sheet is discharged are perpendicular to each other, and which makes it possible to easily arrange folding lines in the dough sheet in parallel with the discharging direction. In a folding/laminating apparatus according to the present invention, a guide unit is configured so as to move a pair of guide members in a direction in order to move a downstream-side edge portion of a continuous dough sheet beyond a first folding position in the direction when a downstream end of a laminating conveyor is moved in the direction so as to reach the first folding position.