Cousinat à la Bayonnaise

Cousinat is a wonderfully versatile vegetable stew that varies with the seasons. The famous smoked ham of Bayonne provides background flavor and garlic is indispensable. But otherwise all manner of roots and bulbs, greens and shoots can be added, from the baby artichokes and asparagus of spring to the eggplant and zucchini of summer to the sturdy parsnips and rutabagas of fall. Or you can take the opposite approach and cut the recipe down to a single vegetable. Cauliflower or green beans do