Homemade Apple Cider
Homemade Apple Cider is the ultimate fall drink with lots of big apple flavors, spices. It's delicious and super easy to make in the instant pot. You can also achieve the same taste by making in the crockpot or even on the stove top!
Equipment
- Instant Pot
- Strainer
- Potato Masher or a big ladle
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Apples Granny Smith and Honeycrisp
- ½ cup Sugar
- 1½ tsp Cinnamon ground
- ½ tsp Nutmeg ground
- ¼ tsp Clove ground
- 4 cups Water
Instructions
- Cut each apple in about 8-10 slices. Add apple slices, ground spices, sugar and water to the inner pot of instant pot.
- Cook for 10 minutes on high pressure. Let it release all the pressure naturally. If you can't wait for that long, release the remaining pressure after 15 minutes.
- Open the lid and stir well.
- Take a ladle or a big spoon or potato masher and begin mashing up all the apples. They are super soft at this time.
- Place a 48-oz bowl on the counter. Place a large strainer/fine mesh sieve/cheesecloth across this bowl.
- Using a soup ladle, start to transfer the contents of your pressure cooker into the strainer. You don’t want to just lift the inner pot of instant pot and pour all of it at one go, as you have a good mix of apple pulp and liquid and it won’t all go through at once. You could, of course, pour in batches.
- Using the back of the ladle, mash in the apples a bit so you’re getting some good apple pulp into the cider.
- Continue in this fashion until you’ve extracted all the liquid and a good bit of the pulp. Discard the remaining solids or use it in the smoothies or something else. This shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.
- Serve Warm. Homemade Apple Cider is ready. Serve it warm and Enjoy!