Everyone knows that to bake your unbaked pastry cases perfectly, you need a good set of pie weights so that the edges of shortcrust pastry can bend in for you to fill the middle with your favourite cream, fruit, custard or jelly filling. But how hard is managing the traditional fiddly pie weights or even your stand-ins like rice? The Zeal Silicone Baking Bean chains are the perfect solution – they’re so much easier to use than other pie weights because they’re a connected chain of weights – so easy to fill and remove as well. They’re ideal for blind baking any kind of pastry and super easy to store away, in their own handy bag!

And of course, because they’re by Zeal, they’re just ever so cute to look at as well. The baking bean chain comes in an adorable heart-shaped design and comes in a very attractive hot pink and red colour.

Zeal’s high grade silicone is non-stick, heat resistant up to 300°C and safe to pop in the dishwasher. The silicone is also dishwasher safe, flexible, odourless and won’t absorb tastes or smells – perfect for all types of cooking. Most importantly Zeal silicone come with a 10 year guarantee.