What Is Blind Baking?
Blind bake: To bake a pie or tart crust before the filling goes in, usually lined with parchment and weighed down so it does not puff or shrink.
In the kitchen
Press the dough into the pan, chill it, line it with parchment and fill it with pie weights or dried beans. Bake until the edges are set, remove the weights, and bake a little longer until the base looks dry.
Blind baking keeps crisp pastry under wet fillings such as lemon curd or custard. Docking the base with a fork and chilling the dough first both help stop shrinking.
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