Customer reviews

Easy-as-Pie Set

Really recommend this! Saves the bother of having to use baking beans. Also, when I made a pie recently that didn't involve blind baking I actually made the pie in the perforated pan and the pastry at the bottom of the pie was perfect!

Published 27 Feb 2012

Easy-as-Pie Set

After reading all the good reviews for this product, I feel churlish in admitting that I was rather disappointed with it. I have now used it three times and each time the pastry has shrunk round the edges and 'blistered' up through the holes in the insert creating a pastry case that looked rather untidy. I think this tin would be better if the sides were straight which would make a more traditional looking flan case.

Published 09 Dec 2011

Easy-as-Pie Set

Brilliant pie dish. Loved being able to concentrate on the filling instead of worrying about getting the pastry right with beads.

Published 25 Oct 2011

Easy-as-Pie Set

I was excited about using this product but was disappointed by the results, my pastry shrunk back within the top and was very uneven. It didn't seem heavy enough without baking beans. The pastry was bought so it wasn't even my bad pastry making!!

Published 27 Feb 2011

Easy-as-Pie Set

Item has bent after a few uses and is not big enough. Not impressed.

Published 04 Jan 2011

Easy-as-Pie Set

We love pies in our home but normally can't be bothered making them because of blind baking. This product (more than any of the other Lakeland products I've read rave reviews on and tried) is 100% better than I expected. I just stacked the dishes on top of each other and put the pastry and filling straight in at once and then into the oven. The air pocket in between the dishes meant that the base came out perfect with no additional work for me. The non stick coating had the pie easily coaxed out of the perforated dish. Brilliant and so easy.

Published 18 Feb 2010

Easy-as-Pie Set

I read the reviews of this product, and everything else I can find on the net, and can find no clear indication of HOW TO USE IT!! Now we want to use our 'wonderful pie dish' I'm looking to find out how. The bad review on this product tried to use it the way I thought it was supposed to be used: bake pastry in the solid part, with the perforated part on top -- baking 'blind'. THIS DOESN"T WORK. The way I think you use this product is NOT to bake blind at all, but INSTEAD to line the perforated dish with pastry, add filling straight away and cook in the solid disk as usual. The idea (I think) is to eliminate the need for blind base cooking, and still end up with a crisp, cooked base. I'll let you know if this works fine..... :D

Published 28 Nov 2009

Easy-as-Pie Set

I bought this set a while back to use instead of beans for blind baking, but have only just tried it. It was an abject failure. I lined the solid pan with pastry, then placed the perforated pan on top. During cooking the pastry lifted and pushed the perforated tin up with it. Since the pastry had cooked it was not possible to push it back into the pan without it breaking in several places. I had no time to bake a second case, so simply filled and baked as usual. Needless to say the it was an interesting take on a Clafoutis recipe - custard beneath the case, soft middle layer of pastry and fruit on top! Because I bought this a while back I was not sure I should write to write to Lakeland. However, when discussing this disaster with my mother in law she confessed that she had had exactly the same experience with her Lakeland pie set and had also thrown it out without making a complaint.

Published 28 Oct 2008