Cassis Liquor

(French: Crême de Cassis) Ingredients for approximately 2 liters (2 quarts):   - approx. 2 kg Black Currant berries (Cassis berries if possible) - approx. 1.5 litre of alcohol  45º (d'eau de vie) - 1 kg of sugar - 1 glass jar 4 litre (4 quarts) or two 2-liter jars (2 2-quart jars). Jar should be sterile (clean)

Recipe:

• Strip berries from stems (do not wash the berries!)

• Put the berries into the jar

• Add alcohol until the berries are covered and close jar (the top should be air-tight)

• Leave the jar in the sun for 6 weeks

• After this filter the juice through some cotton

• For approx. 1.4 l of syrup mix 1 kg of sugar into 400 ml of water and bring to a boil

• Leave it to boil until the syrup water has become completely clear and little bubbles are rising to the top

• Let the syrup cool down completely

• Mix the two: 400 ml of syrup to 1 l of cassis juice

• Fill the Crême de Cassis into small bottles and close with a cork

• The Crême de Cassis is ready to be mixed with wine or champagne after another 2 months
  

Notes:

If you have syrup left over, mix with lemon juice, bring to a boil and bottle. This is a marvellous and refreshing syrup drink for children and adults alike.

Crême de Cassis is typically mixed with white wine or champagne to make a delicious aperitif, click on Kir Recipe or Kir Royal Recipe.