Gravy and Sauce
Cranberry & red wine sauce
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Ingredients
* 400ml red wine
* 100g caster sugar
* 2 cloves
* 1 star anise
* 1 cinnamon stick
* 500g fresh or frozen cranberries
Method
1. Put the wine, sugar, cloves, star anise and cinnamon stick into a large, shallow pan. Bring to a simmer and cook until the liquid has reduced by half. Add the cranberries and cook for 5 mins or until the cranberries burst and start to look jammy. Set aside to cool. Can be frozen or spoon into a jar and keep in the fridge for up to a week.
Tags: cinnamon, cloves, Cranberry
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Traditional bread sauce
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Ingredients
* 1 onion studded with 6 cloves
* 300ml milk
* 75ml double cream
* 6 black peppercorns
* 2 bay leaves
* 100g fresh white breadcrumbs
* 1 tbsp butter
* freshly grated nutmeg , to season
Method
1. Pop the onion in a pan with the milk, cream, peppercorns and bay leaves. Bring to a simmer, then turn off the heat and leave to infuse for 30 mins. Pour the milk through a sieve into a jug, then return it to a cleaned pan.
2. Stir in the breadcrumbs, bring back to the simmer and cook for a few mins (add a splash more milk if you like your sauce thinner). Stir in the butter, season with salt, white pepper and nutmeg, then pour into a warm serving jug or bowl. Or leave to cool and chill or freeze for up to 1 month until needed.
Tags: bay leaf, cloves, nutmeg, onion
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