Baking blind

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I don't have any of those ball things. What other options do I have please?
(I'm assuming I need to pre-bake the pastry if I want to make a quiche. Sorry, quiche-making virgin )

Aluminium foil and beans?

Would aduki beans be heavy enough? They're the biggest I've got. I suppose if I put enough in that would work wouldn't it?
Thank you [smile}

Oops!

catering team at my work use pennies and foil

i don't bake blind for quiches.

just make sure you put the quiche dish onto a hot tray already in the oven.

It depends on what your quiche dish is made from. If it is Aluminium, you can probably get away without blind baking as the heat conductivity is so good.

Non-stick coated or tinned steel dishes are a bit touch and go, depending on the mix you are putting in the quiche.

Ceramic dishes are usually not good conductors and it is nicer to have a fully cooked (and crisp, ideally) pastry layer than a half cooked spongey pastry flannel. Better safe than sorry, I would blind bake.

Thanks. It's ceramic so think I'll blind bake with aduki beans.

Aluminium foil and a layer of rice works well.

Ok, potentially stupid question: which way up should the foil be?

The first time i baked blind I used rice - without foil or greaseprooof paper or whathaveyou - just rice. The result was hilarious but inedible

Aluminium foil on top of the pastry, then uncooked rice (or whatever) on top of the foil to weigh it down.