What you see here is the culmination of a long quest.
For years, we’ve searched high and low for a jam funnel with a narrow enough aperture to fit into our hexagonal jam jars. The one we’ve been using fits perfectly into our fat salsa jars, but its 6cm opening is too wide for the smaller ones.
Lovely Manuela even sent me an email last week with a link to a Canadian supplier. Before I got around to ordering from them, we strolled into Chefs’ Warehouse to pick up a bag of Fairtrade Callebaut chocolate. Pete emerged from one of the aisles triumphant, brandishing his holy grail of funnels.
The brilliant Christopher, purveyor of intriguing kitchenware, has recently sourced and imported these from Italy. The funnel costs $19.50 and divides into two parts – the smaller section narrowing the opening from 6cm to 3cm…
It fits easily into our smaller jars…
Chefs’ Warehouse have just started their own blog, and if you’re a Sydneysider with an interest in cookware, I’d strongly recommend subscribing. They won’t be selling via mail order nor do they have an online store, but they will be providing regular updates on any new stock that comes in. It makes for fascinating reading!
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Another recent find for jam makers, this Tala canning kit cost just $12 at the Peters of Kensington sale. It includes bits and pieces widely available in the US, but very difficult to track down here. The tongs, magnetic lid lifter and plastic funnel are all useful…
…but the real find is the jar lifter. With it, you can remove hot jars from boiling water baths without risking serious scalding…
We’ve just used up the last of Pete’s raspberry jam, so it might be time to make a fresh batch. Especially now that we have all the equipment at hand!
Fig Jam and Lime Cordial 