Raw dough or baked product that can be prepared in an oven or microwave oven in the form of a pizza slice with an enclosed filling that is covered with a crust
First Claim
1. An individual sized serving portion of a food configured for manual handling and consumption, the food comprising, in a baked form:
- (a) a base crust layer in the shape of a circular sector with an edge and sides of equal length, the edge and sides forming a first perimeter;
(b) a sealing crust layer having a shape that conforms to the perimeter of the base layer forming a second perimeter; and
(c) a pizza filling held therebetween, the base crust and the sealing crust forming a mechanically stable joint along the conforming first and second perimeters sealing the filling within a sealed food item;
wherein the filling is substantially stable at common cooking temperatures.
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Abstract
An individual sized portion of a pizza food can comprise a roughly triangular portion having a crust that substantially encloses the pizza filling held within the crust. The crust is easily cooked, handled by a consumer and prevents contact between consumer and the filling during preparation and consumption. The food item is manufactured by forming a filling layer between two crust layers, sealing the perimeter of the crust into a roughly triangular portion and baking the portion at a manufacturing facility prior to shipment to a consumer. The dough and filling are formulated for convenient microwave cooking. The item can include a crispy crust, a non-toughening dough formula, a non-boil filling, an entirely sealed product envelope, a browning agent and a pizza condiment seasoning on the crust of the item.
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63 Claims
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1. An individual sized serving portion of a food configured for manual handling and consumption, the food comprising, in a baked form:
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(a) a base crust layer in the shape of a circular sector with an edge and sides of equal length, the edge and sides forming a first perimeter;
(b) a sealing crust layer having a shape that conforms to the perimeter of the base layer forming a second perimeter; and
(c) a pizza filling held therebetween, the base crust and the sealing crust forming a mechanically stable joint along the conforming first and second perimeters sealing the filling within a sealed food item;
wherein the filling is substantially stable at common cooking temperatures. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25)
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2. An individual sized serving portion of a pizza food configured for manual handling and consumption, the food comprising, in an unbaked form:
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(a) a base dough layer in the shape of a circular sector with an edge and sides of equal length, the edge and sides forming a first perimeter;
(b) a sealing dough layer having a shape that conforms to the perimeter of the base layer forming a second perimeter; and
(c) a pizza filling held therebetween, the base layer and the sealing layer forming a mechanically stable joint along the conforming first and second perimeters sealing the filling within a sealed food item;
wherein the filling is substantially stable at common cooking temperatures. - View Dependent Claims (6, 15, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24)
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26. A method of manufacturing an individual serving size portion pizza slice, method comprising:
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(a) sheeting a dough portion to form a first sheet and laminating the first sheet to form a second sheet;
(b) forming a plurality of separate areas comprising a stable pizza filling on a second sheet to form a filled sheet;
(c) placing a second layer of laminated dough on the filled sheet to form a filled laminate;
(d) compressing dough portions of the filled laminate between the separate areas comprising a pizza filling forming a sheet of undivided portions; and
(e) dividing the sheet of undivided portions into separate serving size portions of a pizza food. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An individually packaged sized serving portion of a pizza food configured for manual handling and consumption, the food comprising a film enclosure containing a susceptor envelope and a pizza food;
- the pizza food comprising, in a baked form;
(a) a base crust substantially in the shape of an isosceles triangle having sides of substantially equal length and edge, the edge and sides forming a first perimeter having a surface area of less than about 30 in2;
(b) a sealing crust having a shape that conforms to perimeter of the base layer and has an area equal to or greater than the base crust; and
(c) about 20 to 120 grams of a pizza filling placed on the base crust in the shape of a complementary but smaller isosceles triangle, the filling sealed within the food;
the susceptor comprising an envelope conformed to include substantially all of the pizza food within the envelope, the susceptor capable of folding to form a protective insert in the individually packaged portion and capable of reaching temperatures greater than about 400 degrees Fahrenheit during microwave cooking; and
the film enclosure comprising a shrink-wrapped polyolefin film. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- the pizza food comprising, in a baked form;
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37. An individually packaged single serving portion of a food configured for manual handling and consumption, the packaged food comprising,
(i) a baked food comprising: -
(a) a base crust layer shapes as a circular sector with an edge and sides of equal length, the edge and sides forming a first perimeter;
(b) a sealing crust layer having a shape that conforms to the perimeter of the base layer forming a second perimeter; and
(c) a pizza filling held therebetween, the base crust and the sealing crust forming a mechanically stable joint along the conforming first and second perimeters sealing the filling within a sealed food item wherein the filling is substantially stable at common cooking temperatures (ii). a container shaped susceptor adapted to the shape of the baked food; and
(iii) a film wrap surrounding the food and container. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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- 57. A packaged pizza food comprising at least two triangular shaped food items packaged in a foldable container, the container comprising susceptor zones adapted to the pizza food.
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