Bread Sauce by Nigella Lawson Recipe

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Bread Sauce by Nigella Lawson
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Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
62
Calories
Total time
57
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 day-old loaf unsliced white bread, crust removed and broken into 3/4-inch cubes
  • 2 pints whole milk (1 liter)
  • 4 cloves
  • 2 blades fresh mace or 1 tsp ground mace
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 oz butter (30g)
  • 2 tbsp double cream

Directions:

  1. Remove the crust from the bread and tear the stripped loaf into a mound of rough chunks or cubes about 2cm/(3/4-in) in size. You should end up with 175-200g (6 1/4-7 /4 oz) of cubes. If the bread is not slightly stale already, leave the pieces out on a wire rack to dry out.
  2. Pour the milk into a saucepan. Press a clove into each quarter of the onion.
  3. Add the onion quarters, bay leaves, peppercorns and the blades of mace (or sprinkle the ground mace into the pan) along with the salt and bring to the mixture almost to its boiling point.
  4. Remove the pan from the heat. Cover the pan with a lid and let the ingredients infuse for at least half an hour, though you can leave it for a few hours if that helps with your cooking schedule.
  5. After the mixture has infused, place the pan back on a very low heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the onions, peppercorns, cloves, bay leaves and the blades of mace.
  6. Add the bread to the saucepan and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring every now and then, by which time the sauce should have become thick and warm.
  7. Just before serving the bread sauce, add the butter to the saucepan and stir until the butter has melted and combined with the sauce and season, to taste, with salt.
  8. Add the cream (if using). Grate over quite a bit of nutmeg, adding more once you have poured the bread sauce into a warmed bowl or gravy boat.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 62.24 Kcal (261 kJ)
Calories from fat 24.8 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.76g 4%
Cholesterol 8.68mg 3%
Sodium 511.81mg 21%
Potassium 170.68mg 4%
Total Carbs 5.93g 2%
Sugars 5.35g 21%
Dietary Fiber 0.23g 1%
Protein 3.09g 6%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 1%
Calcium 123.9mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 53.37 Kcal (223 kJ)
Calories from fat 21.27 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.36g 4%
Cholesterol 7.44mg 3%
Sodium 438.85mg 21%
Potassium 146.35mg 4%
Total Carbs 5.08g 2%
Sugars 4.59g 21%
Dietary Fiber 0.2g 1%
Protein 2.65g 6%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Calcium 106.3mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 1.4
    Points
  • 2
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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