Custard

Ingredients

Servings: 6-8

• 1 liter of fresh milk
• 500 ml Arla full-fat cream
• 200 g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 120 g fine semolina
• 30 g cornflour
• 2 vanilla pods
• Zest of ½ orange
• 50 g cold Lurpak butter, cubed

For Topping

For over a century, Iordanis has made one of the most famous and distinctive Greek custard pies, with crunchy, handmade phyllo dough, mizithra cheese, and a sprinkle of crystal sugar.

Classic rock melodies by Eric Clapton and Deep Purple drift from a shaded courtyard in the seaside town of Ialysos on the northern coast of Rhodes as Jake gently strums his guitar. It's his way of finding comfort, and of thanking Irini Papastamati for opening her home to him and his family after they fled the wildfires roaring across the southeastern Aegean island since last week.