Oven-baked Bread Sauce

An Aga cooker is ideal for this best-of-all bread sauce but it can also be made successfully in a conventional oven set at a very low heat. It is much simpler to prepare than other bread sauces. Some kinds of bread absorb more milk than others, so you will have to check from time to time and add more if necessary. I much prefer it made with brown bread; never use sliced steam-baked bread.

Bread sauce can be made a day or two in advance and kept, covered, in the fridge. This recipe m