Buttery shallot bread sauce

Name: Buttery shallot bread sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 50 grams butter; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 10 shallots, finely sliced (see tip, below); 6; 3 thyme sprigs; 1 bay leaf, plus extra to serve; 600 milliliters full-fat milk; 1 pinch pinch white pepper; 100 grams fresh white breadcrumbs, from a good-quality loaf; 5 Tbsps single or double cream, plus more to serve, if you like; 0 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg, or to taste

The recipe Buttery shallot bread sauce can be made in about 45 minutes. One portion of this dish contains around 5g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 212 calories. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. A mixture of thyme sprigs, full-fat milk, pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Heat the butter and oil in a pan, then add the shallots, cloves, thyme and bay and cook very, very gently for 15 mins until soft, translucent and pale golden.

Ingredients you will need

Shallot

Butter

Clove

Thyme

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Remove the cloves, add the milk and pepper, then bring to a gentle simmer for 10 mins. Stir in the breadcrumbs, give it another 5 mins or so over a very low heat until the bread has plumped up nicely, then stir in the cream and nutmeg. Fish out the stalks from the thyme the leaves will have fallen off. Season to taste. To serve, grate over a little more nutmeg, drizzle with a little more cream and decorate with a bay leaf.

Ingredients you will need

Breadcrumbs