Baby Carrot and Chard Stew from Gabriela’s Garden

My friend Gabriela was squatting in the vegetable patch of her sprawling farm, digging baby carrots from the moist soil and inhaling greedily. “Smell this,” she said, swooning from the sweet perfume. Once we filled our basket with carrots, we moved on to the chard and the onions. Figuring out what to do with our booty was a no-brainer. As Gabi’s farm is in Extremadura, she prepared the vegetables like the locals, braised with a few dried chiles, a good dose of smoky extr