bread sauce

British

noun

a milk sauce thickened with breadcrumbs and served with roast poultry, esp chicken

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In keeping with the architecture of eggplant parm, I build the sandwich in layers — bread, sauce, eggplant, Parmigiano-Reggiano, eggplant, sauce, Parmigiano-Reggiano, mozzarella, bread.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

The pop-star-turned-vicar's winning menu featured a roast partridge with caramelised pear, cabbage, celeriac, chestnut and lardons with bread sauce, pear gravy and five gold ring potatoes.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2021

Get the Scotch roast sirloin of beef with Yorkshire pudding or the roast breast of chicken with stuffing and bread sauce, and ask for a gravy boat.

From New York Times • May 17, 2018

I felt so appalled when it happened, like someone had taken my Christmas presents away before I sat down for Turkey and bread sauce.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2015

I shall have quite enough with the soup and the bread sauce.

From A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story by Brazil, Angela

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