Axel's sweet and sour lentil soup

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g soup meat (e.g. rib eye, leg of lamb, rib eye)
• 500 g lentils, dried or from the can
• 250 g potatoes, floury
• 1 point soup vegetables, fresh or frozen
• 2 Mettenden or Bratwurst, smoked
• 2 onions
• salt and pepper
• vegetable broth
• Bacon or ham, the smoked rind
• Sugar
• Vinegar

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 15 minutes

a somewhat unusual combination

Place the meat, rind, and dry lentils in a large pot of cold water, bring to a boil, and simmer for about 45 minutes. Peel and dice the potatoes. Trim, peel, and dice the soup vegetables. Peel and slice the onions. Cut the sausage into rings. Fry the sausage and onions in a pan until browned, but do not let them get too dark. When the meat is cooked, remove and chop or dice. Serve the rind whole or chopped in the soup. Add the potatoes and soup vegetables to the broth with the lentils, add the stock, and simmer for about 30 minutes. Then add the meat and the sausage and onion mixture to the soup. Season to taste with salt, pepper, sugar, and vinegar. Serve with rolls or farmhouse bread.