Baking Blind

Baking blind is to par-bake pastry so that the filling does not make the crust mushy.

To bake blind you will need:

Grease proof paper/ baking parchment or brown paper
Ceramic baking beads/ Chickpeas or other dried pulses
Egg white

Method

1. Place the pastry in the tin.  
2. Place a sheet of paper a little larger than the tin on top of the tin.  
3. Fill the sheet with baking beads
4. Bake in the oven for 10 mins
5. Remove from the oven remove the beads and the paper.  Glaze the  pastry case with egg white and return to the oven for 5 mins