Leivasupp

== Description ==
Estonian black bread soup with fruit. Serving will be enough for 6 people.
== Ingredients ==
* ½ cup raisins
* ¼ cup plum brandy
* ½ cup sugar (or according to taste)
* 5 cups water
* 6 slices black sourdough bread (crusts removed, toasted)
* 2 small tart apples ( peeled, halved, and sliced)
* ½ cup fresh cranberries
* ¾ cup pitted dried prunes
* ½ cup cranberry juice
* 1 piece (inch) cinnamon stick
* 1 lemon juice
* 3 cloves
* whipped cream for garnish
== Directions ==
# Soak the raisins in the calvados for 20 to 30 minutes.
# In a soup pot, put the water and ½ cup sugar to a boil over high heat.
# Add the bread, and then reduce the heat to low and simmer until the bread just begins to dissolve.
# Remove the bread with a slotted spoon and push it through a fine sieve.
# You can also process it in a food processor, but for no more than two pulses.
# The bread should not be pureed.
# Stir the bread back into the pot.
# Add the raisins with their soaking liquid, apples, prunes, cranberries, cranberry juice, cinnamon stick, lemon zest, and cloves.
# Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the fruits are tender.
# Remove from the heat.
# Taste the soup and add more sugar, if desired.
# Cool, then refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
# Remove the cinnamon stick and cloves before eating.
# Serve the soup into serving bowls, with whipped cream. 
Category:Estonian Vegetarian
Category:Estonian Soups
Category:Apple Recipes
Category:Cranberry Recipes
Category:Cranberry juice Recipes
Category:Plum brandy Recipes
Category:Prune Recipes
Category:Raisin Recipes
Category:Sourdough bread Recipes