Pasta Production and Technology Short Course
April 10-12, 2012
Northern Crops Institute
Fargo, North Dakota, USA
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This short course introduces the fundamental and applied aspects of manufacturing extruded and sheeted pasta products. Raw material quality criteria, specifications, and processing variables and their impact on final pasta product quality are presented in detail.
Why Should You Attend?
Participants will have an opportunity to do actual hands-on pilot-scale pasta processing followed by a cooking exercise to evaluate the final product. Group activities include an exercise in identifying pasta defects and processing causes, and a field trip to a pasta manufacturer. Lectures are supplemented with pilot-scale processing of traditional extruded pasta products. Quality tests employed in the evaluation of raw materials (wheat, semolina, flour) and finished products are also demonstrated.
Highlights:
At this course, you will learn about:
• Fundamentals of pasta production processing and quality assurance.
• Importance of quality and how differences can influence pasta quality.
• How to evaluate durum wheat, semolina, and pasta.
Who Should Attend?
Plant managers, production directors, research and development managers, and technologists.
Program Schedule
Tuesday, April 10
• Durum varieties: Where are we headed?
• Quality evaluation of durum wheat
• Durum wheat milling and semolina quality
• Laboratory: Durum wheat quality tests
• Functional and alternative pasta ingredients
• Laboratory: Semolina physical and rheological tests
Wednesday, April 11
• Commercial production of pasta
• Hands-on pilot pasta processing
• Pasta die design
• Pasta drying technology
• Quality assurance/control in pasta
• Starch and protein: Impact on pasta quality
• Tour: field trip to pasta manufacturing facility
Thursday, April 12
• Hands-on pasta cooking quality evaluation
• Equipment options for pasta extrusion
• Identifying pasta defects: Causes and solutions
• Fresh and frozen pasta technology
• Course evaluations and certificates
Course Faculty will be announced soon.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Enroll early. All courses are contingent upon sufficient enrollment numbers. Do not make travel reservations until NCI confirms that course will be offered.
Registration Fee: $900. Payment in full is due one week before the start of the course. Registration deadline is March 20, 2012. For your course fee, you will also receive a CD-ROM containing materials from lectures and laboratory demonstrations, refreshments during scheduled breaks, and one luncheon. Hotel rooms and other meals are not included in tuition. Cancellations received after March 20, 2012 will be assessed a 10% service fee.
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Groups of three or more: Special rates are available to groups of 3 or more from the same company. Contact NCI for more information.
Course Schedule: On the first day of class, course participants should be in the hotel lobby by 8:00 a.m. for transportation to the campus. Class will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 10 and adjourn around 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 12.
Non-smoking environment. Casual business attire.
Daily Transportation: Daily complimentary transportation will be provided between NCI and the hotels.
Hotel Information: Due to our large enrollment in the course, the rooms at the Ramada Plaza Suites are filled. We have secured additional rooms at the Expressway Suites, 4303 17th Avenue South, Fargo, North Dakota 58103. Phone: 701-239-4303 Fax: 701-356-6712. Single Room Rate: $ 79.95 + 10.5% tax/night. Make your reservation directly with the hotel and mention that you are with Northern Crops Institute in order to obtain the special rate. All hotel rooms are non-smoking.
Official hotel for course (all rooms filled): Ramada Plaza Suites, 1635 42nd St. South, Fargo, North Dakota 58103. Phone: 701-277-9000 Fax: 701-281-7144.
Information and Special Requirements: If you have questions or special needs (dietary or physical requirements), please contact: Northern Crops Institute, NDSU Dept. 7400, PO Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050 USA. Phone: 701-231-7736 Fax: 701-231-7235. E-mail: nci@ndsu.edu Internet: www.northern-crops.com
About Northern Crops Institute
Northern Crops Institute is the international center for meeting and learning about crops produced in the four-state region of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. Situated on the campus of North Dakota State University, NCI exists as a forum to bring together customers, commodity traders, technical experts, processors and producers from all points of the globe for discussion, education, and technical service programs. Since 1983, the Institute has hosted visitors from more than 128 countries.
NDSU is an Equal Opportunity Institution. This publication will be made available in alternative formats upon request (701-231-7736).