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INGREDIENTS
- 30 g dried mushrooms
- 3 rosemary sprigs 12 cm long
- 500 g potatoes (cooking type A)
- 250 g peeled carrots
- 200 g celery stalks
- 150 g spring onions
- 10 g peeled garlic
- freshly ground pepper
- salt
- 100 ml olive oil
- 400 ml dry white wine
- 1 kg pork shoulder
WINE PAIRING
- Pork is best enjoyed with a fuller-bodied white wine.
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1Preheat the oven to 180 ˚C.
- 2Soak the mushrooms in 200 ml of warm water. Strip the leaves from one rosemary sprig and chop them coarsely.
- 3Thoroughly wash and dry the unpeeled potatoes, then cut them lengthwise into quarters. Cut smaller potatoes in half. Cut carrots into sticks 5×1×1 cm.
- 4Cut celery stalks diagonally into 1 cm thick slices, spring onions into 1 cm thick rounds, and garlic into fine slices.
- 5Season the meat thoroughly with salt and pepper on all sides. Heat oil in a casserole dish over high heat, add the meat, and sear it until golden brown on all sides. Set the seared meat aside on a plate.
- 6Add carrots to the casserole dish and sauté for 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Add celery stalks and chopped rosemary and sauté for another 1 minute. Add spring onions and garlic and let them soften for 30 seconds.
- 7Add mushrooms including their soaking water, wine, a level teaspoon of salt, 1 coffee spoon of pepper, and the remaining rosemary sprigs, mix and let it boil for 1 minute. Add potatoes and the seared meat, cover the casserole dish with a lid and place it in the preheated oven. Bake for 2 hours. Then remove the lid, return the casserole dish to the oven and bake for another 30 minutes.
Tip
For preparation, you will need an oven-safe casserole dish with a lid.
Roman Vaněk
Tip: For an especially delicate flavor, you can finish the sauce with a drop of lemon juice. Homemade spaetzle or wide noodles, which perfectly soak up the creamy sauce, are an excellent side dish.

