Bread Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 whole cloves
1 medium onion
2 cups milk
1 pinch mace
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons cream
salt
white pepper
1 pinch red pepper (cayenne)
1 cup fresh white bread, crumbs no crusts

Preparation

Stick cloves on onion. Place milk and mace in a heavy-based pan.
Add onion and bring to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes or so to flavor the milk throughly. Remove the onion and any cloves that may have come out.
Add butter, cream, seasonings and bread crumbs; beating constantly over low heat until the sauce thickens.
Serve hot over roast beef of chicken.