The invention discloses
flavor-improved
pleurotus eryngii
protein and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
food processing. The method comprises the following steps: (1) crushing and sieving dried
pleurotus eryngii to obtain
pleurotus eryngii
powder; (2) carrying out
degreasing treatment on the
pleurotus eryngii powder by using normal
hexane so as to remove fat-derived peculiar smell precursor substances; (3) mixing the degreased
pleurotus eryngii powder with water, extracting
protein under an alkaline condition, and centrifuging to obtain supernate; (4) adjusting the pH value of the supernate to be neutral, adding
glutaminase (PG) to carry out an enzymolysis reaction, and modifying a
protein structure through a
deamidation effect; and (5) inactivating the enzymatic
hydrolysate, adjusting to an
isoelectric point to precipitate protein, washing, neutralizing and
drying to obtain a final product. The method has the remarkable advantages that a deamidase modification process is innovatively integrated into a protein extraction link, and structural modification,
flavor improvement and extraction and purification are integrally completed through the synergistic effect of alkali extraction, acid
precipitation and enzymolysis. The method effectively overcomes the defects that the inherent peculiar smell of the traditional
pleurotus eryngii protein is obvious, and the
processing performance (such as water
solubility) is poor, the obtained product is pure in
flavor, the functional characteristics are remarkably improved, and a new way is opened up for high-value application of the pleurotus eryngii protein in various healthy foods.