When i was at the Goodwill 1/2 price sale I came across this pan, it was $1 so I picked it up with the pressure cooker I posted in another thread.
Is it a tartlet pan?
Is it a tartlet pan?
Odd baking pan --Anyone recognize?
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There are pieces missing.
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">There should be a round bottom in each one of those four cups. It looks like you could use the pan for a number of things but without the four discs you can't use it for much. If you have something that will fit in the bottom and is oven proof you might be able to rig something up.</span>
<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">There should be a round bottom in each one of those four cups. It looks like you could use the pan for a number of things but without the four discs you can't use it for much. If you have something that will fit in the bottom and is oven proof you might be able to rig something up.</span>
Right! That's how the tarts are removed from the pan, by pushing up on the little metal circle. Depending on the diameter, you might get away with using wide mouth canning jar lids, or even regular ones; it's hard to tell the diameter of the pan bottoms. Use them with the sealing compound side up and put a square of foil between the lid and the tart shell pastry. Or you could cut the bottom out of the foil pans from frozen pot pies or cut the circles out of larger metal pans like from under pizzas. The diameter of the piece of metal needs to cover the bottom of the tart pan so that it lifts the tart and does not just poke a hole through the bottom crust when you push up on it.
launderess
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Yes, they are tart pans and no canning jar lids wont' work. The original bottoms would be flat metal whereas jar lids will have depth plus indentations. The bottoms fit almost like springform or angel food cake pan inserts. You want something that will be snug to keep fillings from leaking out, but also will "lift" easily up and out.
There should be markings on the bottom listing diameter of the circles. From there you can go to any commercial baking supply source and order replacement bottoms. That and or look for a maker's mark and see if you can run them to ground that way as well.
Those little round bottoms are always getting lost or whatever so someone out there has replacements.
There should be markings on the bottom listing diameter of the circles. From there you can go to any commercial baking supply source and order replacement bottoms. That and or look for a maker's mark and see if you can run them to ground that way as well.
Those little round bottoms are always getting lost or whatever so someone out there has replacements.
Laundress, aren't we talking a tart shell to hold the filling? If the filling were to run under the pastry, it would weld it to the pan and the tart would be ruined. These pans can also be used to bake shells blind for later filling.
launderess
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Yes
But just as with cheesecake fillings don't always remain where they should. *LOL*
Suppose if one is at the top of their game dough wise leaks and whatever don't happen, but for the rest of us....
Much will depend on the filling. If it produces more fluid than the crust can "hold" you'll want the safety of a good fitting pan bottom. This becomes more of an issue if you aren't very careful about placing the dough in the pan to there aren't any cracks.
But just as with cheesecake fillings don't always remain where they should. *LOL*
Suppose if one is at the top of their game dough wise leaks and whatever don't happen, but for the rest of us....
Much will depend on the filling. If it produces more fluid than the crust can "hold" you'll want the safety of a good fitting pan bottom. This becomes more of an issue if you aren't very careful about placing the dough in the pan to there aren't any cracks.
Hmmm, I guess I'll get creative and find a method to replace the missing parts. It's a nice heavy pan, shame to toss it out.
launderess
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Check Thrifts, eBay and so forth
For cheap tart/quiche pans with similar dimensions if you cannot purchase the bottom plates new. Yes, you'll have to swap removable bottoms between them, but at least you'll get use out of the nice heavy pan.
Still recommend contacting online or local commercial bake ware suppliers to see what they have and or may suggest.
For cheap tart/quiche pans with similar dimensions if you cannot purchase the bottom plates new. Yes, you'll have to swap removable bottoms between them, but at least you'll get use out of the nice heavy pan.
Still recommend contacting online or local commercial bake ware suppliers to see what they have and or may suggest.
