Make-ahead Christmas recipe for 8 people, takes only 10 mins; recipe has onion, milk, double cream, peppercorn, bay leaf, breadcrumb, butter and nutmeg.
Traditional bread sauce
Course: Make-ahead Christmas
Servings
8
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Onion: 1 onion studded with 6 cloves
- Milk: 300ml milk
- Butter: 1 tbsp butter
- Bay Leaf: 2 bay leaves
- Nutmeg: freshly grated nutmeg, to season
- Breadcrumb: 100g fresh white breadcrumbs
- Double Cream: 75ml double cream
- Peppercorn: 6 black peppercorns
Directions
- Pop the onion in a pan with the milk, cream, peppercorns and bay leaves. Bring to a simmer, then turn off the heat and leave to infuse for 30 mins. Pour the milk through a sieve into a jug, then return it to a cleaned pan.
- Stir in the breadcrumbs, bring back to the simmer and cook for a few mins (add a splash more milk if you like your sauce thinner). Stir in the butter, season with salt, white pepper and nutmeg, then pour into a warm serving jug or bowl.Or leave to cool and chill or freeze for up to 1 month until needed.
