• Have your beer and drink it too with this beer bread sauce. It is perfect for dunking a piece of freshly baked bread into.

    Beer bread sauce

    Serves: Makes 500ml
    Cooking Time: 30 mins

    Ingredients

    • 1 onion, quartered
    • 400ml craft beer or substitute with milk
    • 4 black peppercorns
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 2 cloves
    • 100g fresh breadcrumbs
    • 50g butter
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) fresh thyme leaves

    Instructions

    1

    Place the onion, beer or milk, peppercorns, bay leaf and cloves in a small pot. Bring to a simmer and remove from heat. Set aside for 15 minutes.

    2

    Strain the liquid and add the breadcrumbs and butter. Simmer gently and season with salt, pepper and thyme. If the sauce is too thick, add a little milk.

    3

    Pour into a jug and serve immediately.