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Easy Bread Sauce

  • Time preparation 10 minutes
  • cook time 20 minutes
  • Serve Serves 8

It's the classic accompaniment for your Christmas turkey, but we also think bread sauce pairs perfectly with game! Creamy and lightly spiced, it's one of our favourite traditional British sauces!

Recipe provided by Matthew Whitfield, Head Chef at The Montagu Arms
  • 500ml milk
  • ½ onion
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 bayleaf
  • Sprig of thyme
  • 200g sliced white bread (crusts removed)

Put the milk in a saucepan, and heat it on a low heat with the onion, clove, bay leaf and thyme for 10 minutes, allowing the flavours to infuse.

Chop the bread into small pieces. Strain the milk through a sieve and place back onto the heat, add the bread pieces and cook until thickened.

Season with salt and pepper, then serve. It's common for bread sauce to be served at room temperature, like many condiments are.

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Ingredients

  • 500ml milk
  • ½ onion
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 bayleaf
  • Sprig of thyme
  • 200g sliced white bread (crusts removed)

Method

Put the milk in a saucepan, and heat it on a low heat with the onion, clove, bay leaf and thyme for 10 minutes, allowing the flavours to infuse.

Chop the bread into small pieces. Strain the milk through a sieve and place back onto the heat, add the bread pieces and cook until thickened.

Season with salt and pepper, then serve. It's common for bread sauce to be served at room temperature, like many condiments are.

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