Easy bread sauce Recipe
- 1 large onion, peeled
- 6 cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 black peppercorns
- 570ml/1 pint full-fat milk
- 110g/4oz fresh white breadcrumbs
- 40g/1½oz butter
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- For the bread sauce, stud the onion all over with the cloves, then place into a saucepan along with the bay leaf, peppercorns and milk. Bring the mixture to the boil, remove the pan from the heat and set to cool for 15 minutes.
- Remove the onion, bay leaf and peppercorns, then stir in the breadcrumbs.
- Return the pan to the heat and cook very gently for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally until the breadcrumbs have absorbed all the liquid and the sauce is the desired consistency.
- Stir in the butter and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.