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

 * 1) Mix 1 cup of the cream, the cottage cheese, and the flour in mixing bowl.
 * 2) Beat until smooth then blend in the remaining cream.
 * 3) This can be done by hand, with a hand mixer, or in a blender.
 * 4) Set aside in refrigerator.
 * 5) Mix all of the spices together and divide into 2 equal portions.
 * 6) Take a large, heavy pot and place on high heat for 3 – 4 minutes.
 * 7) Add the vegetables except for 2 cups of the diced potatoes and 1 of the spice portions.
 * 8) 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.
 * 9) Add the apple juice and then the apple sauce.
 * 10) Stir and cook for 2 – 3 minutes then add the stock, the other spice portion.
 * 11) Cook while stirring for 12 minutes.
 * 12) Remove and either rice the mixture or puree it in a blander until it is smooth.
 * 13) 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.
 * 14) Add more stock if more liquid is need.
 * 15) Blend in the cream mixture and continue to cook stirring as you do for 3 – 4 minutes.