Meliz Berg served up delicious milk custard filled filo pastry parcels (Sütlü Börek) on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients for the syrup are: 1 large cinnamon stick, 400 ml water, 350 g caster sugar, 3 tbsp clear honey, 1½ tbsp rose water and 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice.

For the custard: 750 ml whole or semi-skimmed milk, 2 eggs, whisked, 100 ml double cream, 75 g fine semolina, 30 g cornflour, 100 g caster sugar and ½ tsp ground cinnamon (optional, or just a pinch if you prefer).

For the pastry: 200 g unsalted butter, melted and 16 large sheets of good-quality filo pastry.

To serve (optional) : 4 tbsp walnuts, ground, 4 tbsp almonds, crushed or 4 tbsp pistachios, crushed.

See recipes by Meliz in her book titled: Dinner Tonight: Simple meals, exciting flavours available from Amazon now.