Czech Frankfurt Soup

This is a traditional and incredibly delicious czech soup with a misleading name as Frankfurt isn’t located in the Czech Republic. It comes with the taste of garlic and sweet ground paprika and sausages floating on the surface.

Sauté
 4 tbsp Lard(or vegetable oil)
 1 Onion(diced)
...add
 2 Garlic Cloves(diced)
...spices
 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
 1 tbsp Sweet Paprika
 ¼ tsp Salt
 ¼ tsp Pepper
 1 tsp Marjoram
 ¼ tsp Caraway(whole)
...thicken
 ¼ cup Flour
...deglaze & add
 1 l Chicken Broth
 4 Medium Potatoes(peeled and cut to cubes)
Finalize
 1 tbsp Double Cream(or milk)
 3 Vienna Sausages(sliced to wheels & pan fried)

1

  • Heat up oil and sauté onion till translucent.
  • Add smoked and sweet paprika, marjoram and garlic.
  • Fry till aromatic and then incorporate flour to create roux.
  • Cook out for few minutes until lightly brown.
  • Add stock and deglaze pan.
  • Incorporate all the potatoes add salt & pepper.

2

You can also put hotdogs in the pot and cook them with soup.
I prefer browning on the sausage, therefore i'm cooking hotdogs separately and adding them at the very end.

Cooking on stove top
3

Simmer the soup on light boil until potatoes are soft about 20 minutes.

Cooking under pressure
4

Pressure cook on 60kpa for 10 minutes with Auto Pulse release.

While cooking
5

  • Prepare non stick pan and set it over medium heat.
  • Sear your hotdogs until lightly browned.

Finalization
6

You can soften the soup with cream, but it is not necessary. It depends on your preferences.

  • Incorporate cream and hotdogs.
  • Simmer soup for about next one minute.