Process for preparing a frozen pasta meal with sauce

摘要

The invention relates to the field of food preparations. More particularly the invention relates to meals freshly prepared from frozen components at a point of sale by a process comprising (i) heating a sauce component from frozen by microwave; (ii) heating a pre-cooked pasta component from frozen with steam; (iii) combining the products of step (i) and (ii) to serve; wherein the temperature of the food product on serving is from 60 to 95 DEG C.