Baking Beans

Baking beads, small and essential

Baking beads or baking beans are important culinary aids in baking. You can use dried legumes for blind baking, but ceramic or aluminium baking beads are heavier.

Any professional or amateur pastry chef should have his box of baking beads. For perfect cooking of pie crust. With blind baking, dough gets nicely coloured, remains crisp and doesn't soak humidity from filling.

Beaking beads are available in food grade ceramics or aluminium. They provide regular and homogeneous baking. Ceramic is an excellent heat conductor. It is an economical pastry tool baking beads are washable and reusable. Very good long-term investment.

How to use the baking beads?

Baking beads are used for blind baking a pie crust. Dough is cooked before adding the filling. Blind baking is used for fruit or cream-based pies, preventing it from soaking the moisture from the filling.

For blind baking, you can use dried legumes, but the most practical and economical remain baking beads. Spread the dough and prick it to allow steam to escape. Place a baking sheet on top of the dough before placing the baking beads. It is easier to remove beads without crushing the pie crust.

With baking beads, the pie crust doesn't bubble, gets a nice colour and remains crisp. Fill the pie crust with fruits or cream for great results.