Finely chop the onion and garlic. Finely dice the peppers. Peel and quarter the potatoes. Cut the chimney sausage into pieces. Finely dice the gherkins.
Heat 1 tbsp of lard or oil in a large pan and fry the onion, garlic and diced bacon. Add the diced bell pepper and fry briefly. Stir in the tomato purée and fry briefly.
Add the paprika powder, caraway seeds and marjoram, mix well and deglaze with diluted vinegar.
Add the beef stock. Now add the potatoes to the pot. Add a bay leaf, season well with salt and pepper and simmer for approx. 20 minutes until the potatoes are soft.
Stir in the smoked sausage and simmer briefly.
Chive sour cream
Cut the chives into fine rolls. Season the sour cream with salt, garlic and caraway and stir in the chives.
Serve the potato goulash in a deep plate with a dollop of chive sour cream and the diced pickled gherkins.