Blind Baking, what to use

[Jonathan Wilson]

What should I use to blind bake? (e.g. making pastry for pie/quiche
shells/crusts?) Should I get some blind baking stones (or whatever they are
called?) or is there something else I can use?

[hickory]

Post by Jonathan Wilson
What should I use to blind bake? (e.g. making pastry for pie/quiche
shells/crusts?) Should I get some blind baking stones (or whatever they
are called?) or is there something else I can use?

Go to K-Mart, or wherever, and buy a bag of marbles, (yep, kids glass
marbles). Been using them for 20 years or so.

[AusWendy]

Post by Jonathan Wilson
What should I use to blind bake? (e.g. making pastry for pie/quiche
shells/crusts?) Should I get some blind baking stones (or whatever they
are called?) or is there something else I can use?

You can use all sorts of things. I usually line the pastry case with foil
and then pour into the case dried beans, soup mix (barley and split peas
etc) or uncooked rice. I make sure I spread it into all the corners. As
whatever you use isn't suitable to cook and eat any more, I usually store it
in a container in the pantry and re-use it the next time I blind bake.

Aus Wendy

[Chookie]

Post by Jonathan Wilson
What should I use to blind bake? (e.g. making pastry for pie/quiche
shells/crusts?) Should I get some blind baking stones (or whatever they
are called?) or is there something else I can use?

I have been using some dried beans; they are a lot cheaper than the cute
ceramic kind.

[Liz]

Post by Chookie

Post by Jonathan Wilson
What should I use to blind bake? (e.g. making pastry for pie/quiche
shells/crusts?) Should I get some blind baking stones (or whatever they
are called?) or is there something else I can use?

I have been using some dried beans; they are a lot cheaper than the cute
ceramic kind.
--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)
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I use dried beans or brown rice (because I had some that hadn been sitting
round for quite a while). You can re-use them many times, so really there's
no need to buy the ceramic ones.

Liz