Description
Jamie Oliver’s bread sauce elegantly blends British culinary tradition with creamy comfort. Warm milk infused with aromatic spices creates a luxurious accompaniment that elevates your holiday roast to sublime heights.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2 loaves of ready-to-bake ciabatta
- 700 milliliters (24 fluid ounces) whole milk
- 30 grams (1 ounce) unsalted butter
Flavor Enhancers:
- 1 onion
- 4 cloves
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- 1 whole nutmeg, for grating
Finishing Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons double cream
Instructions
- Prepare the onion by carefully removing its skin while maintaining its whole shape, then strategically insert whole cloves throughout its surface.
- Transfer the studded onion into a medium saucepan, adding bay leaves, whole milk (946 milliliters / 32 fluid ounces), sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, and delicately grate a small amount of nutmeg.
- Position the saucepan over low heat, monitoring closely as the milk gradually approaches a gentle simmer to prevent rapid boiling or scorching.
- Allow the mixture to infuse for approximately 15 minutes, maintaining a subtle warmth that extracts the aromatic flavors from the spices and onion.
- Strain the infused milk through a fine-mesh sieve, capturing the liquid in a clean pitcher while discarding the solids.
- Slice off the crusts from ciabatta loaves, then transform the bread into coarse breadcrumbs using a food processor.
- Return the strained milk to the saucepan over medium heat, gradually incorporating the breadcrumbs and stirring consistently until completely dissolved.
- Introduce unsalted butter and heavy cream into the mixture, whisking thoroughly to create a smooth, consistent texture.
- Assess the sauce’s consistency, adjusting as needed by adding additional breadcrumbs to thicken or a small amount of milk to thin.
- Taste and season with extra salt and pepper according to preference, ensuring a balanced flavor profile.
- Transfer the sauce to a serving container, allowing it to cool to room temperature before refrigerating if preparing in advance.
Notes
- Enhance depth by piercing whole onion with fragrant cloves, releasing subtle warmth throughout the dish.
- Experiment with breadcrumb quantities to achieve perfectly balanced texture, from crispy to tender.
- Transform ordinary ingredients into luxurious comfort food by folding in velvety butter and silky cream.
- Weekend meal prep becomes a breeze with this make-ahead recipe that develops more intense flavors overnight in the refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Appetizer
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 335 kcal
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 17 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 37 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg