Homemade Bread Sauce

Homemade Bread Sauce is a typical sauce served with roast Turkey and Chicken at Christmas and Thanksgiving etc. Whilst a British dish in origin, it has been copied and adjusted in many countries especially America. Served as a side dish, it can be served both warm and cold and can be made in advance.

Homemade Bread Sauce

Homemade Bread Sauce is a classic side dish to a roast meal. Normally only makes an appearance at christmas which is a shame.

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Course: Sauce

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Bread, Dairy, Sauce, Vegetables

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 litre

Calories: 144kcal

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Ingredients

 

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• 1 unsliced white bread
• 1 ltr full-fat milk
• 1 small onion peeled and quartered
• 4 whole cloves
• 2 whole bay leaves
• 1 tsp white peppercorns
• 2 tsp Salt
• 30 g butter
• 2 tbsp double cream
• 1 pinch nutmeg grated
• 1 nutmeg for grating

Instructions

• Remove the crusts and rip the remaining bread into cubes of 2 cm..
• You should end up with 200g of bread.
• Ideally use slightly stale bread. If not let it dry out for a while.
• Pour the milk into a saucepan.
• Press a clove into each part of the onion.
• Place the onion quarters, bay leaves, peppercorns with the salt and bring to the mixture to its boiling point. Remove the pan from the heat immediately.
• Cover the pan and let the ingredients infuse for 30 minutes or more if you want.
• Once it has infused, put the pan on a very low heat.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove the onions, peppercorns, cloves, and bay leaves.
• Add the bread to the saucepan and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring every now and then, by which time the sauce should have become thick and warm.
• Just before serving the bread sauce, add the butter to the saucepan and stir until the butter has melted and combined with the sauce and season.
• Add salt to taste and then add the cream for a rich bread sauce.
• Sprinkle over a grating of nutmeg and serve,

Nutrition

Calories: 144kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 4652mg | Potassium: 62mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g