STONEWARE PIE BIRD IN SOUTH AFRICA

If four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie sounds about right to you, then the Pie Bird is just the ticket. Designed to help vent steam from the inside of a pie with a pastry lid, the pretty pie bird helps to ensure a crispy, flakey crust of wonder. Just cut a hole into the lid, and rest the pastry on the able shoulders of your bird. Happy pie-making, friendly folks. Perfect item to use when baking a pie with a pastry lid Simply place the bird in the centre of the dish before covering the pie with the pastry lid, cutting a hole for the bird to poke through and securing the pastry around its shoulders. The top of the funnel pokes up through the pastry, supporting it and preventing it from dropping into the filling as it bakes Funnel has openings at the base, so the pie juices can bubble freely and the centre is hollow and vented through the beak allowing steam to escape and thus ensuring a dry crisp pastry and no leaks from the filling