Sauce au Pain (Bread Sauce)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 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.
  2. Let it cook gently for a quarter of an hour.
  3. Remove the onion.
  4. Smooth the sauce with the whisk.
  5. Finish with about 1 décilitre of cream.

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