Sauce au Pain (Bread Sauce)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- half a litre milk
- 80 grammes fresh white breadcrumb
- a strong pinch of fine salt
- 1 small onion
- 30 grammes butter
- about 1 décilitre cream
Instructions
- Bring half a litre of milk to the boil and add 80 grammes of fresh white breadcrumb, a strong pinch of fine salt, 1 small onion stuck with a clove, and 30 grammes of butter.
- Let it cook gently for a quarter of an hour.
- Remove the onion.
- Smooth the sauce with the whisk.
- Finish with about 1 décilitre of cream.