Currant Or Raisin Liqueur (Cassis) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 cup dried currants or 1 cup raisins
2 cups vodka or 2 cups brandy
3/4 cup sugar syrup (for cassis)
Sugar Syrup I
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
Sugar Syrup II
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water

Preparation

Boil 1 cup water. Add currants. Cover, turn off heat and let currants plump in hot water for about 5 minutes.
Drain off water.
Place currants and alcohol in a tightly closed jar and steep for 1 week.
Shake jar occasionally during steeping.
Strain and filter.
Add enough sugar syrup for cassis, or more for creme de cassis, to your taste. Mature for 2 weeks.
Either recipe makes 1 cup.