This traditional, hand-painted, porcelain, Blackbird Pie-funnel is a must-have to enhance the flavour and presentation of all your sweet and savoury pies. Milton Brook, part of Wade Ceramics, who has been creating some of the finest porcelain in England since 1810, has manufactured the perfect Pie-funnel designed to complement your cooking.Wade Ceramics' Pie Funnels are easy to use and allow you to bring a piece of the countryside into your home. All that is required is to line your pie dish with your pastry and to pop the Pie Funnel in the centre. Then insert your filling around the funnel and drape over the pastry over the entire pie dish and push down until your Blackbird Pie Funnel is visible. This enables the funnel to successfully remove any built-up steam pressure from inside your pie and allows the steam to escape, leaving you with a delicious and golden-crisp pastry crust. Pie Funnels have also occasionally been referred to as 'crust holders' or 'pie vents' this is due to their ability to stop your pie from sagging in the centre. The clever design on all these Pie Funnels allows the avid pie baker to create numerous tasty pies each day without having to cut into their delicious crust on the top to identify the filling. Not only is each design unique due to being hand-painted the Pie Funnels are now also a widely sought out collector's item. All ten of Wade Ceramics' unique Pie Funnel designs are available to purchase from our website.
