Traditional Bread Sauce
With just a few little tips and tricks you actually end up with a really delicious and flavoursome sauce. The most important step of making bread sauce is infusing the milk with flavour.
Infusing milk for bread sauce (quick summary)
Now, you have two options. First is pop the lid on and leave it on a very gentle simmer for 20mins. Second is to pop the lid on, take it off the heat and leave it somewhere warm(ish) for 1+ hours to infuse. Strain away onion, cloves and bay leaves when done.
Bread Sauce on the Hob
From there, it’s a case of working in your bread to create the sauce.
What bread to use for bread sauce?
Wholemeal/seeded bread doesn’t taste great as a sauce so most types of white bread will do the trick. For the best result you actually want it a little bit stale too. Using bread that’s a couple of days old will gives a better texture and is less likely to dissolve into complete mush. The only other ingredients you need is nutmeg for some gorgeous flavour, and cream & butter just because why the heck not.
How to make bread sauce on the hob
What texture should bread sauce be?
It’s totally down to preference, but generally speaking it should be like thick porridge. Thin enough to pour, but not so thin it can’t hold it’s own on the plate. Thick enough to scoop with a knife, but not so thick you can cut into it. That kinda deal 🤣
Can you freeze bread sauce?
You absolutely can. Just let it cool and pop in an airtight container. To serve, allow it to come to room temperature either in the fridge overnight or on the kitchen top for a few hours. Pop back in the saucepan and gently warm through, using milk to thin out as necessary.
What’s the best way to make bread sauce ahead of time?
I recommend just infusing the milk and tearing the bread, that way everything’s ready to just heat up and mix. You can make it and pop it in the fridge, but just like I mentioned above have some milk on hand to thin out as necessary; bread sauce does thicken as it sits.
What to serve with bread sauce?
Typically it is served at a roast dinner with turkey, but it pairs nicely with most meats. Below I served it with some crispy chicken thighs, honey balsamic carrots and garlic green beans. If you’re intrigued by this bread sauce recipe, then do check out my other recipes!
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Alrighty, let’s tuck into this bread sauce recipe shall we?!
How to make Bread Sauce (Full Recipe & Video)
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