Elaboración de postres a base de pitahaya (Selenicereus megalanthus) y su aceptabilidad, Riobamba 2013

Abstract

This investigation aimed to establish different dragon fruit concentrations for desserts. Dragon fruit, a very appealing exotic fruit, is bought a lot due to its vitamins and minerals in Ecuador. Besides, it is laxative since it is easily digested by human body. It is an experimental investigation. Therefore, several tests were done to determine the most appropriate recipes; a test was applied to different recipes to evaluate their organoleptic features, an acceptance test using the hedonic scale was carried out for tasting, a bromatological test was applied to the best three preparations with more acceptance and a dragon fruit recipe-containing cookbook was done. The main results were as follows: dragon fruit mousse 76.7%, cream filed Swiss roll 90% and three milk cake 93.3% to which a bromatological test was applied to determine their harmlessness. If INEN regulation parameters are handled correctly, a high quality product can be gotten. Dragon fruit is recommended for high-temperature required-desserts as dragon fruit smell when exposing to high temperatures disappears.