Bread Sauce
Beginner
Nessa Robbins’ bread sauce is the ultimate accompaniment to Christmas dinner. Follow her easy recipe to achieve delicious sauce, every time.
PREP IN
10 MIN
COOK IN
30 MIN
SERVE
6
Bread Sauce
Beginner
PREP IN
10 MIN
COOK IN
30 MIN
SERVE
6
Introduction
Nessa Robbins’ bread sauce is the ultimate accompaniment to Christmas dinner. Follow her easy recipe to achieve delicious sauce, every time.
Ingredients
- 600ml milk
- 1 onion, quartered and studded with 8 cloves
- 50g butter
- 10 peppercorns
- 2 thyme sprigs
- 1 bay leaf
- Generous grating of nutmeg
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 100g breadcrumbs
- 100ml cream
- Knob of butter
- To serve:
- Freshly grated nutmeg
Method
- 1. Pour the milk into a small saucepan. Add the clove-studded onion, butter, peppercorns, thyme, bay leaf and a generous grating of nutmeg. Season with a little salt and pepper. Cover and simmer on a low heat for 30 minutes.
- 2. If you have time, do this the day before, leave to cool completely, and then chill overnight.
- 3. Pass the milk through a sieve and pour into a clean saucepan.
- 4. Add the breadcrumbs, cream and butter and heat through on a very low heat for 15 minutes, keeping a watchful eye that it doesn’t stick to the saucepan.
- 5. Taste and season if necessary with salt and pepper. Add a little milk if the bread sauce is too thick.
- 6. To serve, spoon into a bowl and serve hot with an extra little grating of nutmeg.
