Bread Sauce

Ingredients
• 1 medium onion
• 1l milk
• 4 bay leaves
• 4 cloves
• 12 slices of good, stale bread
• 1 teaspoon English mustard
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Recipe
• Peel and finely chop the onion half
• Put in a small pan over a low heat with the milk, bay leaves and cloves
• Simmer for 10 minutes, then remove and discard the bay leaves and cloves
• Slice the crusts off the bread and discard
• Add the bread to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes more, until the bread has absorbed all the milk and softened
• Stir now and again
• Stir in the mustard and season well to taste with salt and pepper
• The finished sauce should have a loose porridge consistency
• You can simmer it for a little while longer to thicken it up, or loosen it by adding a splash of water if you need to