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bread sauce

British  

noun

  1. 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

Decant the bread sauce into a lovely bowl, likewise the jelly and breadcrumbs.

From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2016

Serve fried breadcrumbs and bread sauce with grouse.

From Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode by Salis, Harriet A. de