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bread sauce

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On Christmas day she will continue to miss her dad's bread sauce and an evening Baileys or cheese board, but he is going to prepare "Jen-friendly" alternatives.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2022

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

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

He helped himself to half the breast, some sausages, chestnut stuffing, bread sauce, potatoes, and a bottle of red wine—Burgundy. 

From Prince Prigio by Browne, Gordon

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