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
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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.
36 Citations
98 Claims
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54. An individually packaged sized serving portion of a pizza food configured for manual handling and consumption, the food comprising a film and 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;
(c) the crust comprising a topical coating; and
(d) 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 container comprising an envelope and susceptor conformed to include substantially all of the pizza food within the container, the susceptor envelope comprising a susceptor and film. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
- the pizza food comprising, in a baked form;
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58. 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;
(c) the crust comprising a topical coating; and
(d) 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 adapted to the shape of the baked food; and
(iii) the container comprising a film and susceptor wrap surrounding the food and container. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A packaged food configured for manual handling and consumption, the packaged food comprising a susceptor container and an individual sized serving portion of a food, the food comprising a baked form comprising:
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(a) a base crust layer in the shape of a circular sector with sides of substantially equal length and an edge, 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, (c) the crust comprising a topical coating; and
(d) 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;
wherein the filling layer forms a layer having a thickness of about 5 to 25 millimeters in a precooked form and wherein the container comprises a film or susceptor and conforms to the shape of the food. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 89, 91)
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75. A packaged food configured for manual handling and consumption, the packaged food comprising a susceptor container and an individual sized serving portion of a food, the food comprising an unbaked form comprising:
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(a) a base dough layer in the shape of a circular sector with sides of substantially equal length and an edge, 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;
(c) the crust comprising a topical coating; and
(d) a pizza filling held therebetween, the base layer and the sealing layer forming a mechanically stable joint along the conforming first and second perimeters scaling the filling within a sealed food item;
wherein the filling is substantially stable at common cooking temperatures wherein the filling layer forms a layer having a thickness of about 5 to 25 millimeters and wherein the container comprises a film or susceptor and conforms to the shape of the food. - View Dependent Claims (79, 85, 87, 90, 92, 93, 94)
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95. A method of manufacturing an individual packaged serving size portion pizza slice, the packaged pizza comprising a shaped susceptor container and an individual sized serving portion of a food, method comprising:
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(a) sheeting a dough portion to form a first sheet and repeatedly laminating the first sheet to form a laminated sheet;
(b) forming a stable pizza filling on the laminated 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 food portion; and
(e) combining the portion with a film susceptor container that contains the sector shape of the food;
wherein the filled laminate has a thickness of about 5 to 25 millimeters in a precooked form. - View Dependent Claims (96, 97, 98)
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