Georgian Potato Soup

== Ingredients ==
* 6 cups potatoes diced ½"
* ½ cup onions chopped small
* ¼ cup scallions chopped
* 1 cup apple sauce
* ¼ cup apple juice
* 3 cups chicken stock or vegetable stock
* 1¼ cups heavy cream
* ½ cup cottage cheese
* ⅓ cup raisins
* 1 garlic clove minced
* ⅓ cup dried apricots chopped
* 2½ tbsp flour
* ¼ tsp cumin
* 2 tsp dry mustard
* ½ tsp white pepper
* 1 tbsp dried hot pepper flakes
* 2 tsp salt
* 1 tsp dill dried and crushed
* 1 tbsp parsley fresh and chopped
* 3 tbsp carrots julienned
== Directions ==
# Mix 1 cup of the cream, the cottage cheese, and the flour in mixing bowl.
# Beat until smooth then blend in the remaining cream.
# This can be done by hand, with a hand mixer, or in a blender.
# Set aside in refrigerator.
# Mix all of the spices together and divide into 2 equal portions.
# Take a large, heavy pot and place on high heat for 3 – 4 minutes.
# Add the vegetables except for 2 cups of the diced potatoes and 1 of the spice portions.
# Stir and cook over the high heat for 4 – 6 minutes being sure to scrape the crusts that form on the bottom of the pot.
# Add the apple juice and then the apple sauce.
# Stir and cook for 2 – 3 minutes then add the stock, the other spice portion.
# Cook while stirring for 12 minutes.
# Remove and either rice the mixture or puree it in a blander until it is smooth.
# Return to the pot, add the 2 cups of diced potatoes, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, stir well, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
# Add more stock if more liquid is need.
# Blend in the cream mixture and continue to cook stirring as you do for 3 – 4 minutes.
Category:Apple juice Recipes
Category:Applesauce Recipes
Category:Carrot Recipes
Category:Chicken stock and broth Recipes
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Category:Cottage cheese Recipes
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Category:Garlic Recipes
Category:Georgian Soups
Category:Georgian Vegetarian