Ingredients:
2 bay leaves
1 onion, halved
4 cloves
450ml (¾pint) whole milk
Fresh nutmeg
150g (5oz) fresh white breadcrumbs
200ml (7fl oz) crème fraiche
30g (1oz) butter
1 Stud a bay leaf to each onion half using cloves.
2 Place in a pan with the milk and grate over roughly ½tsp of nutmeg. Turn onions over if bay leaves are poking out.
3 Heat very gently until just simmering then remove from the heat and leave to infuse for 15min.
4 Return to heat and remove studded onion. Add breadcrumbs and stir until thickened.
5 Stir in crème fraiche and butter. Stir until crème fraiche is incorporated and butter melted. Take off the heat and season.
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