Egg in Bread Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 dessert-sp. bread-crumbs
• 1 gill of milk
• 1 tea-sp. butter
• 1 clove
• blade of mace
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Put the milk into a small saucepan, and add the bread-crumbs, butter, and seasoning.

2. 2

   Cook slowly by the side of the fire for 10 or 15 minutes, and then remove the clove and mace.

3. 3

   Pour this sauce into a greased saucer or small dish, break the egg into the centre of it, and bake in the oven for 5 or 7 minutes, or until the egg is set.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 876. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Egg in Bread Sauce 1 egg- 1 dessert-sp. bread- crumbs. 1 gill of milk. 1 tea-sp. butter. 1 clove. \ blade of mace. Salt and pepper

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