Washing apples. Peel, wash and cut carrots into pieces. Roughly dice bacon. Wash sage, shake dry and pluck the leaves from the stems. Peel and wash potatoes.
Wash the meat, dab dry, season with salt and pepper and tie up with kitchen string to a roll. Heat the stock and cider. Mix potatoes, carrots, bacon, sage and apples, season with salt and pepper.
Pour into a roasting pan, pour broth-cider mixture over it and put the meat in. Roast in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 2 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven, cut the meat open and arrange everything.