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Bread sauce
Also known as: Bread sauce, made with semi-skimmed milk, HOMEMADE, Bread sauce, made with skimmed milk, homemade, Bread sauce, made with whole milk, homemade
British milk sauce infused with onion, clove and bay, then thickened with white breadcrumbs and butter.
About Bread sauce
Bread Sauce is a traditional British accompaniment in which spiced milk is thickened with bread, commonly served warm with roast poultry. This profile follows the plain onion-and-clove version with fresh white breadcrumbs and butter.
Milk and butter give the sauce gentle dairy richness, while onion, clove, bay and nutmeg create a soft savoury spice. Salt and white pepper season it without obscuring the pale colour or the bread's mild toasted flavour.
The finished sauce is ivory-coloured, spoonable and visibly thicker than cream, with a fine breadcrumb texture rather than a perfectly smooth puree. It sits softly beside roast meat and holds a shallow mound on the plate.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bread sauce
Traditional British Bread Sauce.
- Whole milkCreamy infused liquid
- OnionSavoury infusion
- Whole clovesWarm spice infusion
- Bay leafHerbal infusion
- Fresh white breadcrumbsTraditional sauce thickener
- ButterRichness and finish
- Freshly grated nutmegWarm finishing spice
- SaltSeasoning
- White pepperGentle pepper heat
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole milk:
- Onion:
- Whole cloves:
- Bay leaf:
- Fresh white breadcrumbs: . The source fixes fresh white breadcrumbs but does not provide the source bread's full formula; Wheat is explicit and retained
- Butter:
- Freshly grated nutmeg:
- Salt:
- White pepper:
Origins & food traditions
Parker's supplies the complete traditional British formula selected here: whole milk infused with onion, cloves and bay, thickened with fresh white breadcrumbs and butter, then seasoned with nutmeg, salt and white pepper. BBC Good Food independently corroborates the infused-milk, butter, onion, clove, bay, breadcrumb and nutmeg structure.
Countries
- United Kingdom
Cuisines & regions
- British Cuisine