3 laurent recipes

Oyster St. Laurent simmers fresh oysters in buttery milk with their own liquor stirred in at the end. A simple four-ingredient French-Canadian oyster stew with pure briny flavor.

Moist homemade banana bread made with three ripe bananas and a full cup of sour milk. The buttermilk-style batter bakes up tender with a tight, even crumb and rich banana flavor.

Fudge pecan pie melts butter and cocoa into the corn syrup filling, creating a brownie-like base under a layer of toasted pecan halves. Chocolate-pecan crossover for Thanksgiving.