Traditional bread sauce

• onion↗1

  studded with 6 cloves

• milk↗300ml ml
• double cream↗75ml ml
• black peppercorns↗6
• bay leaves↗2
• fresh white breadcrumbs↗100g g
• butter↗1 tbsp tbsp
• freshly grated nutmeg

  to season

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Pop the onion in a pan with the milk, cream, peppercorns and bay leaves. Bring to a simmer, then turn off the heat and leave to infuse for 30 mins. Pour the milk through a sieve into a jug, then return it to a cleaned pan.

2. 2

   Stir in the breadcrumbs, bring back to the simmer and cook for a few mins (add a splash more milk if you like your sauce thinner). Stir in the butter, season with salt, white pepper and nutmeg, then pour into a warm serving jug or bowl. Or leave to cool and chill or freeze for up to 1 month until needed.