The invention provides a method of preparing a ready-to-eat farinaceous food product said method comprising the successive steps of: a)preparing a farinaceous dough by mixing flour water and optionally one or more other bakery ingredients b)dividing the dough into one or more dough portions c)shaping the one or more dough portions into one or more shaped dough pieces d)proving the dough pieces e)contacting 30-60% of the total surface area of the one or more shaped dough pieces with hot oil during a period of at least 10 seconds to produce one or more partially fried dough pieces comprising a fried surface area and a non-fried surface area and f)baking said one or more partially fried dough pieces to produce one or more baked dough.....
