Old-Fashioned Bread Sauce

Name: Old-Fashioned Bread Sauce
Yield: Makes 600 ml
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 450 ml full-fat milk; 4 tablespoons double cream; 1 onion, cut in half; 4 cloves; freshly grated nutmeg; salt and freshly cracked black pepper; salt and freshly cracked black pepper; 75 g fresh white breadcrumbs; 25 g chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Preparation info

Makes
600 ml

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Paul Gayler's Sauce Book

By Paul Gayler

Published 2015

About

Roasted game and fowl in season would not be complete without this creamy and delicately spiced bread sauce. The addition of a little double cream and butter enriches it beautifully.

Ingredients

1 onion, cut in half
4 cloves
450 ml full-fat milk
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Europe
Sauce
Vegetarian

Method

Stud the onion halves with the cloves and put in a pan with the milk and 2 tablespoons of the cream. Bring gently to the boil, then remove from the heat and leave to infuse for 10 minutes.
Strain the milk into a clean pan and reheat almost to boiling point, then whisk in the breadcrumbs and cook for 2 minutes, until the sauce thickens.
Add the remaini