Are you ready for the holidays? Do you need the perfect drink to warm you up for your holiday break? This Homemade Apple and Pear Cider in the Instant Pot is for you.
Let me introduce a delicious, fresh hot beverage for you to make at the comfort of your own home. This recipe is Homemade Apple and Pear cider in the Instant Pot. Honestly, this must be by far the best winter warmer for the holiday season. The divine fruity flavour of the apples, pears and oranges. The warm, earthy flavours from the spices add a nice punch and compliments this cider very well.
This recipe is mess-free and easy to make. Once your ingredients are in the Instant Pot, you can sit down and relax.
My favourite part of this brilliant recipe is the overall flavour. I love how the ingredients all work harmoniously with one another and how this cider leaves a sweet aromatic smell lingering in the air. I also love how this beverage can get consumed any time of the year. Perfect for the fall season with its spice mix, perfect for Christmas as a hot beverage to warm up.
The hot apple cider is best served hot and gets perfectly plated in a punch bowl for guests to self-pour their drinks. If you feel like being a little extra for the holiday season with this dish, try adding some whipped cream on top and a whole cinnamon stick for garnishing.
The Ingredients
- Apples
- Pears
- Oranges
- Cinnamon
- Star Anise
- Nutmeg
- Maple Syrup
- Cranberries
- Water
See the recipe card for quantities
The Preparation
Wash and cut the apples, the pears, and the oranges, you don’t need to peel the apples and the pears
Add all the ingredients in the instant pot
Close the lid of the instant pot, place the valve on sealing and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. It will take about 20 minutes for the pressure to rise and start the cooking process.
Once cooking is over, release the pressure naturally. Remove the orange, the cinnamon stick, and the star anise from the pot
With the help of a potato masher, mash the rest of the fruits.
Strain the leftovers of the fruit with a fine-mesh sieve. With the back of a wooden spoon press out the rest of the juice from the leftovers
Your cider is ready to serve!
FAQ'S
The apple and pear cider in last about a week in the fridge
If you leave it out (and sometimes even if you leave it in the fridge, but it'll take longer) the bottle will start to balloon up as the juice ferment
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Easy Apple Cider
Ingredients
- 3 larges apples or 5 mediums
- 3 larges pears or 5 mediums
- 2 oranges
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 2 stars anise
- 1 whole nutmeg
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- Water to cover fruits about 6 to 8 cups
Instructions
- Wash the apples, the pears, and the oranges, you don’t need to peel the apples and the pears
- Cut in quarters and place in the instant pot
- Add the rest of the ingredients.
- Close the lid of the instant pot, place the valve on sealing and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. It will take about 20 minutes for the pressure to rise and start the cooking process.
- Once cooking is over, release the pressure naturally.
- Remove the orange, the cinnamon stick, and the star anise from the pot.
- With the help of a potato masher, mash the rest of the fruits.
- Strain the leftovers of the fruit with a fine-mesh sieve. With the back of a wooden spoon press out the rest of the juice from the leftovers
- Your cider is ready to serve!
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