Cut small the bacon and the onion. (You can also buy some bacon that is already chopped.) With some oil, roast bacon and onion in a pot.

Cut small the soup vegetables and add them to the pot. Roast them some minutes, keep stirring.

Pour in the water or veggie stock.

Peel and cut small the potatoes. Add to the pot. The stew should simmer the whole time, not cook too much. So keep it on medium heat.

If you use stock cube instead of veggie stock, add it now. As an alternative, you can also use some seasoned salt.

Slice the sausages and add to the pot. If they are frozen, unfreeze before adding them (so you can slice them better), e.g. cook them in a separate pot.

Add marjoram and caraway seeds. (And other herbs if you like.) Salt and pepper to taste.

Fot the Austrian "Nockerl" (similar to dumplings): Prepare a "mush" with the flour and some water. You have to add the water carefully, the mush should not be too liquid. With a tablespoon, form some "Nockerl" and add to the simmering stew. Before forming a Nockerl, dip the spoon into the hot stew, so the mush does not stick on the spoon too much. In the blog post above, I added the link to a youtube video on how to make Nockerl.

Let simmer for another 15-20 minutes. When finished, add 2 tbsps. of creme fraiche and garnish with chopped parsley.