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Bread Sauce

Looking for side dishes to serve with your Christmas dinner? Our Bread Sauce recipe is the perfect accompaniment to roast turkey.
It’s easy to make at home using basic ingredients - bread, milk, onion, butter and spices.
Serve up a truly special feast this year with this traditional English condiment by your turkey's side!
Prepare ahead and serve warm or cold, it tastes delicious either way and also pairs well with poultry, meat or vegetables!
Prep Time40 mins
Active Time20 mins
Total Time1 hr
Course: Condiment, Sauce, Side Dish
Cuisine: British
Keyword: bread sauce recipe, Christmas condiment, christmas side dish, homemade bread sauce, stale bread, Turkey condiment, turkey sauce
Yield: 8 People
Calories: 88kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

  • Saucepan

Materials

  • 1 Onion
  • 4 - 8 Cloves
  • 300 ml Milk Full Fat
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 pinch Nutmeg
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch pepper
  • 70 grams White Bread
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 2 tablespoon double cream Optional

Instructions

  • Stud cloves into an onion.
    1 Onion, 4 - 8 Cloves
    Poking cloves into a onion by hand
  • Place into a saucepan, add milk.
    Two onion halves with cloves stuck in them in a saucepan with milk pouring over the top
  • Finally add bay leaf, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
    300 ml Milk, 1 Bay leaf, 1 pinch Nutmeg, 1 pinch salt, 1 pinch pepper
    Two onion halves with cloves stuck in them in a saucepan with milk, bay leaf and nutmeg being sprinkled on the milk by hand
  • Heat over low heat until it comes to a gentle boil.
    One onion cut in half with milk and a bay leaf in a silver saucepan
  • Turn off the heat and cover with a lid. Leave to infuse flavours for 15 - 30 minutes.
    Placing a lid on top of a sauce pan by hand
  • Cut the crust off of the bread.
    Slicing off the crusts with a knife on a wooden chopping board
  • Either chop / break into small pieces by hand or use a food processor
  • Remove onion and bay leaf from the infused milk
    A onion cut in half with cloves inside on a slotted spoon
  • Stir in bread allow to soak for at least 20 minutes.
    70 grams White Bread
    Pouring breadcrumbs in a saucepan of milk
  • Reheat sauce over low setting, add butter
    1 tablespoon Butter
    Stirring in the butter into the breadcrumbs and milk with a orange spoon
  • Heat for 10 minutes, if too thin add some more bread or too thick add more milk, for extra richness add double cream before serving.
    2 tablespoon double cream
    Pouring cream into the bread sauce cooking in a saucepan
  • Can be served warm or cold.
    Pouring the bread sauce into a green bowl

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Nutrition

Calories: 88kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 104mg | Potassium: 112mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 143IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 95mg | Iron: 1mg