English Bread Sauce

• ½ pint milk
• ½ onion stuck with 1-2 cloves

Simmer milk and onion stuck with cloves until the milk is well flavoured. Remove onion and cloves, and add the breadcrumbs, which you have made fine by rubbing them through a wire sieve. Simmer sauce gently, stirring continuously, until the breadcrumbs swell and thicken the sauce. Add the butter or cream, and season to taste with salt, white pepper and a