EP3691454

The invention relates to a method, and to an apparatus for implementing it, of forming food dough to be used for making bases for pizza and the like. The method provides for compressing a predefined mass or dose (D) of dough between two surfaces (45, 50) and massaging it by deforming one of said surfaces, consisting of a flexible diaphragm (45) whereon the dough is worked. For this purpose, the forming machine comprises idle tapered rollers (21, 22) arranged under the diaphragm (45), which make a motion of revolution about a vertical axis (Y) and roll on the extrados of the diaphragm (45). During the forming process, the dough is squeezed by a movable plate or cover (50).

From the international application WO2019069177