[Sca-cooks] Re:non-soggy pie crust bottoms - OOP

[Terry Decker]

Blind baking may not be common, but Martino describes blind baking a closed
pie shell for a dish of live birds in a pie.  We've discussed it here
previously, so the recipe may be in themFlorilegium.

Bear


> Typically the easiest (and probably non-period) way to make your
> bottom crust non-soggy would be to blind-bake your pie crust filled
> with beans, or marbles, or small stones.   Then put in the fillling
> and bake the pie.
>
> Cadoc