How To Make A Ceramic Pie Bird

A pie bird pie vent pie whistle pie funnel or pie chimney is a hollow ceramic device originating in europe shaped like a funnel chimney or upstretched bird with open beak used for supporting or venting a pie.

How to make a ceramic pie bird.

This item norpro ceramic pie bird 4in 10cm tall black. These cute critters have been around for hundreds of years but grew more popular in the 1940s as manufacturers started producing them in varying. 5 out of 5 stars 478 478 reviews 9 00. Pie birds are only necessary for double crusted pie like this fresh pear pie so if your recipe doesn t use a bottom and a top crust you don t need to use a pie bird.

They are also sometimes referred to as pie vents pie chimneys pie whistles and pie funnels. Funnel style steam vents have been placed in the center of fruit and meat pies during cooking since victorian times. Ceramic pie bird vents steam from pies while baking to prevent the swelling and collapse of the top crust missanthonysattic. Favorite add to.

Bird shapes came later. They can also be called pie vents because that hollow core allows steam to escape during baking. Anderson s baking ceramic pie crust weights natural ceramic stoneware 1 best seller le creuset stoneware pie bird 3 25 cerise. A pie bird is a tool usually made of ceramic and shaped like a bird that aids in venting steam from your double crusted pie effectively preventing boil overs from juicy fillings and helping you attain a nice crisp crust.