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

 * 1) Soak the raisins in the calvados for 20 to 30 minutes.
 * 2) In a soup pot, put the water and ½ cup sugar to a boil over high heat.
 * 3) Add the bread, and then reduce the heat to low and simmer until the bread just begins to dissolve.
 * 4) Remove the bread with a slotted spoon and push it through a fine sieve.
 * 5) You can also process it in a food processor, but for no more than two pulses.
 * 6) The bread should not be pureed.
 * 7) Stir the bread back into the pot.
 * 8) Add the raisins with their soaking liquid, apples, prunes, cranberries, cranberry juice, cinnamon stick, lemon zest, and cloves.
 * 9) Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the fruits are tender.
 * 10) Remove from the heat.
 * 11) Taste the soup and add more sugar, if desired.
 * 12) Cool, then refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
 * 13) Remove the cinnamon stick and cloves before eating.
 * 14) Serve the soup into serving bowls, with whipped cream.