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How to blind bake a pie or tart crust

Your expert guide. - by Ellie Vernon
  • 14 Jan 2022
How to blind bake a pie or tart crust

Your step-by-step guide to blind-baking with confidence!

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Pie weights

An assortment of baking weights you can use.

Baking beads are small ceramic balls that can be used over and over again when blind baking. They are available from kitchenware stores. Baking weights and uncooked rice can also be used instead.

Step 1

Transferring pastry using a rolling pin

Step 1

Using a rolling pin, transfer dough to prepared pie tin.

Step 2

Lining tin with pastry

Step 2

Using your fingers, gently press pastry into base and sides of tin, leaving excess dough to overhang.

Step 3

Trimming excess pastry with butter knife

Step 3

Using a butter knife, cut around edge of tin to remove excess. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.

Step 4

Filling pie with weights

Step 4

Line chilled pie or tart base with baking paper.

Step 5

Fill pie tin with weights

Step 5

Fill tin with baking weights, baking beads or uncooked rice (see above) and bake for 15 minutes at 200°C.

Step 6

Brushing baked pastry with egg white

Step 6

Remove baking paper and weights and bake for a further 10 minutes.

Step 7

Brushing baked pastry with egg white

Step 7

If the filling is water-based, brush pastry with egg wash or eggwhite and bake for a final 4 minutes.

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Ellie Vernon
Ellie Vernon
Elle is an experienced Food Editor currently working on Australia’s most read consumer magazine, Better Homes and Gardens.

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