Creamy Bread & Shallot Sauce

This hearty roast dinner accompaniment is flavoured with cloves, bay leaves and nutmeg- great with chicken or turkey and smothered in gravy

• Cooking Time Prep 10 mins
  Cook 25 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Serves 8

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  198

• Protein

  4g

• Carbs

  10g

• Fat

  16g

• Saturates

  10g

• Fibre

  1g

• Sugar

  4g

• Salt

  0.3g

Ingredients

• 25g butter
• 140g small shallots, quartered
• 6 cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 600ml whole milk
• 100g crustless white bread (ideally cut from a loaf), cubed
• 150ml double cream
• just over ½ nutmeg

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a deep non-stick pan. Add the shallots, cloves and bay leaves, and gently cook for 10 mins over a low heat until the shallots are soft and colouring a little. Pour in the milk, then part-cover the pan and leave to simmer on a very low heat for 10 mins.
2. Remove the cloves, then add the bread and cream to the shallot mixture. Grate in half the nutmeg, then cook for 5 mins, or until the bread absorbs the milk and starts to break down a little but still has a texture. Can be made 1 day ahead (you may need to thin with a little milk). Grate over the remaining nutmeg to serve.

Categories: All Christmas