Legim (Haitian Braised Vegetable Mash)

Method

1. 1

   Wash the beef with lime, season with garlic, and brown it with tomato paste; add water and simmer 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Add all the vegetables in big pieces with the scotch bonnet on top.

3. 3

   Cover and braise 25 minutes until everything collapses.

4. 4

   Crush the vegetables into the sauce with the back of a spoon — legim is a mash, not a medley.

   💡 Cook it past pretty. The flavor lives on the far side of appearance.

5. 5

   Serve over white rice or diri kole.