Black Currant Liqueur, Liqueur De Cassis - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs black currants, with a few leaves (about 7 cups)
4 cups brandy or 4 cups eau de vie
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups water

Preparation

Put the bunches of black currants, with their leaves, in a wide mouthed glass jar or a stoneware bottle.
Pour in the alcohol, cover tightly and let macerate for about two months.
Drain the flavored alcohol from the fruit.
Mix the SUGAR and WATER, and bring just to a boil.
Cool this syrup and add it to the alcohol.
Bottle and cork.
Keep the bottles of liqueur for one month before opening.
To make about 2 quarts.
Je Sais Faire Les Conserves.