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Bread Sauce - Roasts and Christmas Dinner Trimmings

Ingredients

  • 1 onion medium, peeled and left whole
  • 1 tsp cloves
  • 500 ml milk
  • 6-8 slices white bread ordinary sliced or 50/50 style bread
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp butter optional

Instructions

  • Stud the cloves into the surface of the onion.
  • In a small saucepan, warm the milk and immerse the clove studded onion. Simmer gently for 10-15 minutes but do not boil.
  • Meanwhile, blitz the bread into breadcrumbs using a food processor.
  • Turn down the heat and remove the onion from the milk. Sprinkle in the nutmeg.
  • Tip in enough breadcrumbs to create the texture of thick porridge.
  • If you wish, melt in a knob of butter to enrich the sauce. Turn of the heat and leave the sauce covered until you are ready to serve.