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Croissant bread sauce

Name: Croissant bread sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 50g butter plus extra to serve (optional); 1 small onion sliced; 400ml whole milk; large pinch of ground cloves; 2 stale croissants roughly sliced (about 80g)

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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Don’t waste stale croissants from Christmas morning – use them to make a rich bread sauce. For total indulgence, finish with a knob of butter to melt over the top

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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50g butter

plus extra to serve (optional)
1 small onion

sliced
400ml whole milk
large pinch of ground cloves
2 stale croissants

roughly sliced (about 80g)

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal161
fat12g
saturates7g
carbs9g
sugars4g
fibre1g
protein4g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Melt the butter in a pan over a low-medium heat, then stir in the onion and cook, covered, for 10 mins until softened but not coloured. Add the milk and ground cloves. Simmer gently, uncovered, for 15 mins, stirring occasionally. Add the croissant pieces and stir to help them absorb all the liquid.
step 2

Tip everything into a food processor and blitz until smooth. Will keep covered and chilled for two days. Tip the sauce into a pan and simmer over a low-medium heat until thickened and heated through – add a splash of milk to loosen, if needed. Season and serve hot alongside the turkey and trimmings with a knob of butter on top, if you like, and a grinding of black pepper.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2023

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