| 摘要 |
A method of producing a frozen microwaveable, coated food product, comprising the steps of;
providing pieces of mozzarella cheese, the pieces having a maximum dimension of 1 cm;
mixing the pieces of cheese with a stabilising composition comprising:
wherein the percentages of the ingredients are by dry weight and are selected from the ranges quoted to total 100%;
water;
wherein the protein component, starch, polydextrose and gelling agent are added as solid phase ingredients to the cheese with mixing, followed by addition of a solution comprising:
cellulose gum, and
water;
the method further comprising the subsequent steps of:
mixing to form a homogenous cheese dough;
forming the dough into portions;
freezing the portions and maintaining the frozen portions for at least eight hours;
applying a pre-coating to the frozen portions to produce precoated portions;
applying a batter coating to the pre-coated portions to produce batter coated portions;
applying one or more layers of crumb to the batter coated portions to provide a crumb coated portion;
frying the crumb coated portions to produce fried portions; and
cryogenically freezing the fried portions. |
