Patent ID: 7998512

Claim:
A method of making a food product comprising: providing a dough-enrobed foodstuff comprising dough at least substantially enclosing a filling wherein the dough-enrobed foodstuff is a pizza roll; at least partially coating the foodstuff with a clear coating composition comprising: salt; a modified food starch having an amylose content of less than about 50% based on the weight of the modified food starch; and a dextrin wherein less than about 50% of the dextrin is soluble in about 25° C. (77° F.) water; at least partially parfrying the coated foodstuff such that the clear coating composition becomes visually unnoticeable and wherein substantially all of the filling remains enclosed within the dough-enrobed foodstuff upon at least partially parfrying; and freezing the at least partially parfried foodstuff, wherein substantially all of the filling remains enclosed within the dough-enrobed foodstuff upon reconstituting the frozen foodstuff by thermally processing the frozen foodstuff using a conventional oven, a toaster oven, or a microwave oven.