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    Bread sauce with bay & cloves

    • Preparation time: 5 minutes
    • Cooking time: 30 minutes
    • Total time: 35 minutes 35 minutes

    Serves: 6 (with leftovers)

    Ingredients

    1 small onion
    6 cloves
    1-2 bay leaves
    25g butter
    575-600ml whole milk
    150g white bread (about 5 slices), crusts removed, roughly torn
    ΒΌ tsp freshly grated nutmeg, or to taste
    2-3 tbsp single cream
     

    Method

    1. Stud the onion with the whole cloves, then place into a medium saucepan with the bay leaves, butter and 575ml milk.

    2. Bring to just below the boil, reduce the heat and keep just below a simmer for 20 minutes.

    3. Strain the milk and return it to the pan. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the bread and add the nutmeg. Simmer for 3-5 minutes until the bread breaks up. Season if needed.

    4. Stir in the cream, adding a little extra milk to loosen if needed, and heat through just before serving.

     

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    Get ahead Make the sauce up to the end of step 3, cover the surface with parchment paper and keep for up to 48 hours in the fridge. Reheat over a gentle heat before continuing from step 4. To freeze, make to the end of step 3, cool and freeze for up to 1 month. Defrost thoroughly before reheating and continuing as above.

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