Light and Silky Banana Crémeux Recipe

Ingredients (10)

• 28 ounces milk, any percentage will do (about 3 1/2 cups; 790g)
• 16 ounces peeled, ripe banana from about 5 medium bananas, sliced into 1/2-inch pieces (about 3 cups; 455g)
• 1 empty vanilla bean pod, left over from another project, optional
• 7 ounces plain or toasted sugar (about 1 cup; 195g)
• 1 1/2 ounces cornstarch (a shy 1/3 cup; 35g)
• 1/2 teaspoon (2g) Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt, use about half as much by volume or the same weight
• 1/8 teaspoon (.5g) ground cloves
• 5 ounces egg yolk (from about 10 large eggs; 140g)
• 1/4 ounce vanilla extract (1 1/2 teaspoons; 7g)
• 12 ounces heavy cream (about 1 1/2 cups; 340g)