VIDEO: Legumes for blind baking

What does "blind jaws" mean?

• "Blind baking" is the baking of dough without topping or filling.
• Mostly it is shortcrust or kneaded dough, which is placed in a springform pan as a base and edge and then provided with a fruit filling or cheese topping.
• So that the moist filling or If the fruity topping soaks the not yet baked base, it is first pre-baked "blind", i.e. without filling.
• Also a cake base, which is then only covered with cream or fruit can be made in this way. Legumes are used as the filling.

Use legumes - this is how it works

To prevent the edge of the cake base from sinking in during baking, legumes are baked as a filling.

1. So fill the pan with a cake base and dough rim with baking paper or parchment paper and fill in the legumes. Use dried peas or Beans Therefore. The filling should almost cover the edge.
2. Bake the bottom with the filling as instructed in the recipe.
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3. Remove the legumes from the cake pan after baking. To do this, let the base cool down briefly and simply pour out the legumes.
4. By the way, you don't need baking paper for solid floors. This is only placed in the mold if there is a risk that the legumes will fall into the pan during blind baking dough bake, as this rises.
5. By the way, you can keep the legumes, because they can be used more often for blind baking. However, you should no longer cook a soup from the hard peas.
6. In the bakery there are ready-made smaller balls to buy for blind baking, which in principle can be used as often as you like.