Bread sauce

Serves 4-6

Ingredients

1 onion

3 cloves

500ml whole milk

80g unsalted butter

1 bay leaf

1 sprig thyme

50ml double cream

120g fresh white breadcrumbs

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1 Peel the onion and leave it whole. Stud it with the cloves. Heat the milk and butter in a saucepan and add the studded onion with the bay leaf and sprig of thyme.

Simmer very gently without letting the milk boil for about ten minutes.

Remove the pan from the heat, cover it and allow the onion and aromatics to steep. This mix can now be left for several hours, or just until it is cooled.

2 Strain the mix, discarding the onion, cloves, bay leaf and thyme. Add the double cream and reheat the mix gently. Don’t let it come to a boil. Finally, fold in the breadcrumbs and let the sauce thicken over as low a heat as possible.