Creamy Banana Pudding Recipe

Name: Creamy Banana Pudding Recipe
Ingredients: 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 1/4 ounces cornstarch (about 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)