Supper with Stella

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup cranberries (thawed, if using frozen)
• 2 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. white balsamic vinegar
• 1 fennel bulb, sliced very thin
• 3 mandarins, peeled and sectioned (or canned mandarins)
• 2 Tbsp. mandarin juice
• 1 Tbsp. honey
• lemon juice
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• salt & pepper, to taste
• 3 cups whole milk
• 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 4 large egg yolks, lightly beaten
• 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 6-7 ripe medium bananas, sliced crosswise
• 1 box vanilla wafers
• salt
• 1 cup cream
• 2 Tbsp. powdered sugar