Lalo aka Jute Leaves Stew (Haitian)

Ingredients :

3 pounds of marinated beef meat

3 blue snow crabs

1 ½ dry jute ( Lalo) leaves

1 pack of watercress

10 ounces of fresh spinach

Parsley/thyme

1 hot pepper

1 tomato

¼ of extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoon of tomato paste

1 ½ tablespoon of Lily Butter

Directions :

Step 1 : Cut the meat and remove the fat. While you are cutting the meat make

sure you are boiling some water on the stove to later disinfect the meat also

known as chaude

Step 2 : While the water is boiling, add the cleaning ingredients to clean the

meat. Make sure you clean the meat with the ingredients at least 3 time and

rinse off the meat with cold water.

Step 3 : After the water has been boiling and you are done cleaning the meat,

you will pour the hot water over the meat and let it sit for 5 minutes.

Step 4 : After 5 minutes has passed, add seasoning ingredients and let it

marinate for 30 minutes.

Step 5 : Add 6 cups of water to cook the meat and the lalo. Add the tomato for a

little bit of flavor

Step 6 : Add the lalo, watercress and the spinach and let it cook for 1 hour and

30 minutes. Cover the vegetables with aluminium foil so that way the

vegetables can be cook.

Step 7 : After the 1 hour and 30 minutes has passed, wait until the water is

completely evaporated and add the tomato paste, butter, hot pepper, parsley,

thyme and bell peppers for added flavor.

Step 8 : After that you will put the lalo on medium low heat and let it summer

for 40 minutes.