KARAKTERISTIK PEMPEK INSTAN DENGAN PENGOLAHAN PENGERINGAN OVEN DAN FREEZE DRYING CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTANT PEMPEK WITH DRYING PROCESSING OVEN AND FREEZE DRYING Alhanannasir, Amin Rejo*, Daniel Saputra, Gatot Priyanto Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University *Corresponding author, email:
[email protected] ABSTRACT Palembang capital of South Sumatra Province is famous for its typical pempek food. Pempek is processed food from fish (snakehead fish) milled, tapioca starch, salt, and water. The dough is shaped into the form called lenjer (small and large lenjer), oyster shape, wrapped in banana leaf, adaan, curly, and submarine. Pempek is generally in wet form. Pempek wet has 50-60% water content, so pempek can last 3-4 days, for that there should be treatment for pempek can last long. This study studied the treatment of various concentrations of CaCl2 with oven drying and freeze drying pressure on rehydration and water content. The treatment of CaCl2 concentration of 0,5%, 1%, 1,5%, 2%, 2,5% and 3% with oven drying had a very significant effect on water content and instant pemper rehydration. Average moisture content is 4,43%, and rehydration or absorbed water is 4,09% per 60 minute.Instant pempek with freeze drying at 0.002 bar pressure, 0.004 bar, 0.006 bar, and 0.008 bar at -50 ° C temperature temperature. The pressure is very significant on water content and rehydration. The average moisture content of 2.85% and rehydration was 45,29% per 20 minute. Keywords: Freeze drying, instant pempek, oven ABSTRAK Palembang ibukota Propinsi Sumatera Selatan terkenal dengan makanan khasnya pempek. Pempek merupakan makanan olahan dari adonan bahan ikan (ikan gabus) giling, tepung tapioka, garam, dan air.