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Easy bread sauce

Name: Easy bread sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 large onion; 12 cloves; 2 fresh bay leaves; 4 black peppercorns; 500ml whole milk; 1 tsp wholemeal flour; 50g fresh breadcrumbs; 25g butter; 1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 100ml double cream

Miriam Nice

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 25 mins

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A Christmas dinner staple. Made with freshly grated nutmeg and lashings of double cream, this is the ultimate bread sauce to pair with your roast dinner

Nut-free

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 large onion
12 cloves
2 fresh bay leaves
4 black peppercorns
500ml whole milk
1 tsp wholemeal flour
50g fresh breadcrumbs
25g butter
1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
100ml double cream

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal145
fat12g
saturates7g
carbs6g
sugars3g
fibre0g
protein3g
salt0.2g

Method

step 1

Peel the onion and remove the root. Make 12 holes in the onion using a cocktail stick, and push the cloves into the holes.
step 2

Put the onion in a medium saucepan with the bay leaves, peppercorns and milk. Heat gently for 20 mins until the onion is soft, then pour the milk through a sieve into a clean pan and discard the bay, onion and peppercorns.
step 3

Heat the infused milk until just simmering, then add the flour, breadcrumbs, butter and nutmeg. Cook for 5 mins more until the sauce has thickened, then add the cream and season well. Can be made up to two days ahead. Reheat gently on the hob before serving.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2016

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