Kasseler with maple syrup crust, Hobbit style

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 1 kg smoked pork, boned back
• 400 ml meat broth
• 700 g potatoes
• 500 g carrot(s)
• 5 sprigs rosemary
• 4 tbsp maple syrup
• e.g. salt and pepper
• Olive oil, for the roasting pan and the vegetables

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Preheat oven to 160°C. Rinse the meat, dry it, and place it in a greased roasting pan. Pour in 200 ml of stock and braise for 40 minutes. Meanwhile, peel, wash, and halve the potatoes. Peel the carrots and cut them into approx. 3 cm pieces. Pluck the rosemary needles from the stalks and finely chop them. Mix the vegetables with the oil, 1 tbsp maple syrup, and half of the rosemary needles, season with salt and pepper. Mix the remaining rosemary needles with the remaining syrup. Brush half of the syrup over the roast. Now add the vegetables to the roasting pan and pour in the remaining stock. Let the roast cook in the oven for another 40 minutes. Brush with the remaining maple syrup mixture 10 minutes before the end of the roasting time. To serve, slice the roast and arrange it with the vegetables.