Bread and onion sauce

Our traditional bread sauce recipe is the perfect creamy accompaniment to your roast dinner. Simmer the milk, butter, onion, cloves, peppercorns, garlic and herbs in a pan for 20 mins. Bread and onion sauce and return the liquid to the pan. Add the breadcrumbs and simmer for 3-4 mins.

Stir in the cream or mascarpone. Can be made up to 3 days in advance and heated up on the hob or microwave on Medium for 3 mins. This website is published by Immediate Media Company Limited under licence from BBC Studios Distribution. Classic bread sauce is a British classic perfect with any white meat, but especially Christmas turkey! It can easily be made ahead of time too, win-win. Add the bay leaf, peppercorns and milk. Bring to the boil then remove from the heat.