Sweet cous cous with apricots from Old Food by Jill Dupleix

Ingredients

• 1 litre (1¾ pints) milk
• 50 g (1¾ oz) sugar
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• 500 g (1 lb) dried apricots
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 500 g (1 lb) cous cous
• 500 ml (18 fl oz) boiling water
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 50 g (1¾ oz) unsalted butter, cut into small dice
• 1 vanilla bean, split
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp clear rose water syrup