Question: when do you need to blind bake pastry

title: Blind-baking
text: Baking blind ( sometimes called pre-baking ) is the process of baking a pie crust or other pastry without the filling . Blind baking a pie crust is necessary when it will be filled with an unbaked filling ( such as with pudding or cream pies ) , in which case the crust must be fully baked . It is also called for if the filling has a shorter bake time than the crust , in which case the crust is partly baked . Blind baking is also used to keep pie crust from becoming soggy due to a wet filling . A 

Answer: answer: Blind baking a pie crust is necessary when it will be filled with an unbaked or wet filling, in which case the crust must be fully baked to keep from becoming soggy.
answer: Blind baking a pie crust is necessary when it will be filled with an unbaked filling such as with pudding or cream pies or filled with wet filling to keep pie crust from becoming soggy.  It is also called for if the filling has a shorter bake time than the crust.