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Creamy bread sauce
- Published: 13 Jul 18
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
Learn how to make traditional bread sauce with our easy recipe. This classic sauce is made with fresh breadcrumbs, double cream and nutmeg.
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Just two of you for Sunday lunch? Try our creamy bread sauce for two.
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Serves 6
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Takes 30 minutes to make, plus 2 hours infusing
Ingredients
- 1 red onion, halved
- 18 cloves
- 568ml carton full-cream milk
- 8 black peppercorns
- 2 fresh bay leaves, plus extra to garnish
- 25g butter, plus extra to serve
- 100g fresh white breadcrumbs
- 4 tbsp double cream
- Freshly grated nutmeg
Method
- Stud the onion with the cloves and put in a pan with the milk, peppercorns and bay leaves. Bring to the boil, then set aside to infuse for 2 hours.
- Bring the milk back to the boil, then strain through a sieve into a clean pan. Stir in the butter and breadcrumbs. Cool. Spoon into a tough freezer bag and freeze for up to 1 month.
- To serve, defrost overnight, then reheat gently. Stir in the cream and season with pepper. Add a grating of nutmeg, a knob of butter and some fresh bay leaves to serve.
- Recipe from January 2009 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 216kcals
- Fat
- 14.2g (8.8g saturated)
- Protein
- 5.3g
- Carbohydrates
- 17.6g (4.7g sugars)
- Salt
- 0.5g
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