Nigella'S Bread Sauce

• 1/2 white bread day-old loaf unsliced
• 2 1/8 cups full-fat milk
• 1 onion peeled and quartered
• 4 cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon white peppercorns
• 1/4 teaspoon mace heaped ground
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/8 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• grated nutmeg

1. Remove the crust from the bread and tear the stripped loaf into a mound of rough chunks or cubes. You should end up with 175-200g 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. Add the onion quarters, bay leaves, peppercorns and the mace along with the salt and bring to the mixture almost to its boiling point.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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. Add the butter to the saucepan and stir until the butter has melted and combined with the sauce and season, to taste, with salt. Add the cream.

white bread, fullfat milk, onion, cloves, bay leaves, white peppercorns, mace heaped ground, salt, butter, sour cream, nutmeg

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Nigella_s-Bread-sauce-1665881 (may not work)