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Blind bake

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

verbCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, blind bake means: To bake a pastry case without its filling, either partly or completely.

In Turkish: dolgu koymadan ön pişirme yapmak

How it is used

Used when a filling needs less cooking than the pastry or will not be baked.

Example sentences

  1. Blind bake the tart shell before adding the custard.

    The pastry receives an initial bake separately from the filling.

  2. The lemon tart uses a fully blind-baked pastry case.

    Fully indicates that the empty case completes its baking first.

Common collocations

  • blind-baked tart shell
  • blind bake pastry
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.
  • pastry chefA chef who specialises in desserts, pastries, breads and other baked goods and usually runs the pastry section of a kitchen. Also called a pâtissier.

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