Breaking news !!!

On Friday March 13th Liz Kershaw will be presenting the first part of the BBC Coventry and Warwickshire breakfast show from Modern Homes

We have been successfully sound checked and all looks good, however the bad news is that we need to be at work from 6.00 am in order for them to set up !!!
( some would say it’s just as well it’s radio not TV !!)

We will be offering Liz and the crew their breakfast cooked by us and Karen from Bosch on our new Bosch  working display.

We will keep you updated with more info as we get it and hope that all customers past, present and future will tune in on the day !!

Butternut Squash with Crispy Pancetta

Serves 4

Ingredients

20g butter

1 onion chopped

1/2 carrot finely chopped

1 garlic clove finely chopped

200g arborio rice

100ml white wine

100g butternut squash, diced

1 litre water, vegetable stock

50g parmesan, grated

Method

Place your stock/water in a pan and warm

Cook the onion, carrot and garlic in the butter on a medium heat for one minute with no colour, add the rice and continue to cook for 2 minutes, stirring all the time to separate the grains of rice. Add the butternut squash, the pour in the white wine and reduce by half, then add a ladle of stock to cover, cook until the rice has absorbed the liquid. Then add further small amounts of liquid just covering each time for a period of 15 minutes. Check the rice for al dente cooking. Then stir in the cold butter, extremely fast. Taste and 1/2 the parmesan correct seasoning and serve.

Garnish with remaining parmesan and crispy pancetta.

Modern Homes are pleased to announce our new partnership working with Chris Hand.

Chris has worked at many top hotels in England including Mallory Court, Ettington Park and Billesley Manor.

He is now working at one of the top cookery schools in the country - Brook Hall in Winslow, Buckinghamshire.

Chris is now working for himself in his new venture ‘ Hand to Home’ which offers individually designed dinner parties or buffets. Chris also offers cookery demonstrations, wine tasting and is starting his own deli business where he will be supplying his homemade produce and speciality goods.

We welcomed him for his first visit last month where he entertained us with some fabulous ideas and numerous cookery techniques.

We will be starting a new newsfeed where the recipies that Chris uses will be posted on our website for you all to use !!

Chris will be back with us on Saturday 4th April where we will have two further demonstrations , 11.00 am and 2.00 pm.

Refreshments will be available and of course we will get to taste the lovely food Chris cooks.

Spaces are very limited so if you are interested please contact us via email on info@modernhomesleamington.co.uk or ring on 01926 883338

If you want to have Chris cater for your dinner party or event contact us or him direct on

01788 817334 or 07986211557