Yotam Ottolenghi - Vegetarian Recipes (1 Viewer)

[broken arm]

Yeah, it's to keep the pastry flat, you can also use pasta for this if you don't have beans. Yes you would usually chuck 'em after this step.

i thought baking beans were stones?

our local fancy kitchen shop sell re-usable baking stones in anyways.

 

[platters]

nice one, thanks all

 

[FiFi_LaRue]

Well I've used butter beans for this, but you can buy stones too. It's just to have a weight, but one which allows the pastry to cook.