BBC Food - Recipes - Bread sauce

Ingredients

• 1 day-old loaf unsliced white bread
• 1 litre/2 pints full-fat milk
• 1 onion , peeled and quartered
• 4 cloves
• 2 fresh bay leaves
• 1 tsp white peppercorns
• 2 blades fresh mace or heaped ¼ tsp ground mace
• 2 tsp salt
• 30g/1oz butter
• 2 tbsp double cream , optional
• 1 fresh nutmeg , for grating