PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a freezing/thawing method and a freezing/thawing system of pasta with rice flour, which enable chewy pasta with rice flour to be provided in a short time after an order is received.SOLUTION: A freezing/thawing system of pasta with rice flour includes: a boiling apparatus 12 that boils the pasta with rice flour for only a shortened boil time at least 20 seconds shorter than a defined boiling time a quick freezing apparatus 14 that freezes the boiled pasta with rice flour by blowing cold air with a temperature from -50 to -20°C at a wind speed from 0.5 to 30 m/second a transportation machine 20 that has a freezer 18 for transportation that stores the frozen pasta with rice flour at a temperature of -18°C or lower a freezer 22 for store storage that stores the transported pasta with rice flour at a temperature of -18°C or lower and a quick thawing apparatus 24 that holds the pasta with rice flour, having stored in the freezer 22 for store storage, in steam with gauge pressure from 0.02 to 0.1 MPa for only a thawing time of 20 to 60 seconds.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】コシのある米粉入りパスタを注文を受けてから短時間で提供可能な米粉入りパスタの冷凍・解凍方法及び冷凍・解凍システムを提供する。【解決手段】米粉入りパスタの冷凍・解凍システムは、米粉入りパスタを規定のボイル時間よりも20秒以上短い短縮ボイル時間だけ茹でるボイル装置12と、温度が-50℃以上-20℃以下で風速が0.5m/秒以上30m/秒以下の冷風を吹き付け、茹でられた米粉入りパスタを冷凍する急速凍結装置14と、冷凍された米粉入りパスタを-18℃以下の温度で保管する輸送用冷凍庫18を有する輸送機械20と、輸送された米粉入りパスタを-18℃以下の温度で保管する店舗保管用冷凍庫22と、店舗保管用冷凍庫22内に保管されていた米粉入りパスタをゲージ圧力が0.02MPa以上0.1MPa以下の蒸気中に20秒以上60秒以下の解凍時間だけ保持する急速解凍装置24とを備える。【選択図】図1
