Bisto Parsley Sauce - 190g

Parsley sauce lives in a very British corner of the plate: poached cod, smoked haddock, gammon with boiled potatoes and a pile of peas. It is the white sauce with a job to do, and Bisto is the name most British kitchens reach for to do it.

People in Canada tend to go looking for it after a sudden craving for fish pie, or when a parent's recipe card simply says "Bisto parsley sauce" and assumes you know. Recipes written in Britain take it for granted that it is already in the cupboard.

The 190g pack of granules keeps happily in the cupboard with the lid on, and you make up only what you need, a small jug for two or enough to drown the whole table. Pour it over fish, stir it through a fish pie filling, or serve it with a ham hock and new potatoes.

It sits naturally beside Bisto gravy granules, which plenty of British households treat as non-negotiable, and makes a fair case for a proper fish supper on a weeknight.