When is is necessary to par bake a pie crust?

I am making small pies (in muffin tins!) for a party. I plan on pre-cooking the filling (ground beef and veggies), then finishing the pies at the location. Would it be helpful (either for transport or for shortening the on-location cooking time) to par-bake the pie crusts in the tins?

Best Answer

The reason to par-bake your pie shell is because it would not cook through in the same time that the filling does.

So it depends on what type of filling you are going to use. For example, if you are using a traditional short crust with a cream (custard) filling, the custard will probably cook faster than the crust would, so you would want to par-bake the shell.

On the other hand, for an apple pie with a deep layer of fruit, by the time the fruit is cooked through, the crust usually is too, so par baking is not required.

In your specific example, you have not said what the filling is, that you are precooking. However, if it is essentially fully cooked, you could blind-bake your shells then just put them together to heat through for service. You would need to share more details to get more specific advise.

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Quick Answer about "When is is necessary to par bake a pie crust?"

Par-baking, also known as blind baking, is the process of baking a crust before filling it with fruit, custard, pudding, or ice cream. Sometimes it's quick—around 15 minutes—just to ensure a crisp bottom crust before adding a filling and baking some more.

When should you Prebake a pie crust?

2) When do you prebake pie crust? Most commonly, it's smart to prebake pie crust when: You're baking a single-crust pie whose filling doesn't require any baking (think banana cream); in this case, you'll need to fully prebake the crust.

Do you have to par bake crust?

We obviously don't want to eat unbaked pie dough. Partially blind bake a pie crust if your pie filling requires a shorter bake time than the pie crust such as brownie pie or quiche. And if you want an extra crisp pie crust for your apple pie\u2014 you can partially blind bake the crust before adding the filling.

How to Par Bake a Pie Crust

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