Instant Pot spiced apple cider recipe is quintessentially autumn. This homemade hot apple cider is made from fresh apples. Citrus and fall spices are added to it to make it a perfect spiced treat for a winter night.
Making homemade apple cider from scratch is really easy. And recipe calls for just a hand full of seasonal ingredients plus 3 minutes hands-on time. Also we are making this spiced apple cider in instant pot. We are talking dump and push start easiness. That is easy right!
Instant Pot Spiced Apple Cider Recipe
Prep Time
3 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Instant Pot spiced apple cider recipe is quintessentially autumn. This homemade hot apple cider is made from fresh apples. Citrus and fall spices are added to it to make it a perfect spiced treat for a winter night. It’s naturally vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free.
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Drinks, Instant Pot
Servings: 10 small cups
Calories: 93 kcal
Ingredients
6 apples a mix of red gala, Honeycrisp and Granny Smith apples
2 oranges
2 sticks cinnamon
2 teaspoon cloves about 20
1 whole nutmeg
2 to 3 star anise
¼ cup brown sugar or maple syrup or stevia or even coconut sugar
Enough water to cover the fruit
Garnish (optional, any one or many as you like)
Cinnamon stick
Star Anise
Fresh Cranberries
Chopped apples
Orange slices
Instructions
Wash apples and oranges.
Roughly chop apples and oranges. Don’t bother removing seeds or skin.
Throw all fruits in instant pot.
Add all the whole spices.
Pour enough water to completely cover the fruits inside the pot.
Add brown sugar. Give it a stir.
Secure the lid in it’s place.
Select HIGH PRESSURE setting and adjust timer to 15 minutes.
Once cooking time is complete, allow instant pot to naturally release pressure for 15 minutes.
Then manually release pressure by turning pressure knob from sealing to venting position.
Wait for pressure to be release completely.
Open lid.
Remove all the whole spices.
Mash using potato masher.
Strain the cider in fine mesh strainer or in muslin cloth. Squeeze out as much juice you can. Discard the residues.
Serve warm as it is or garnished with cinnamon stick, few fresh cranberries (after all it’s fall), some chopped apples, a slice of orange or just plain in individual mugs.
Store instant pot apple cider in fridge for upto 7 days or freeze it for longer.
Recipe Notes
PRO-TIP: To make life just a little bit more easy, tie all whole spices in a small muslin cloth and chuck it into the pot for cooking.
And then once cooked simple remove the muslin cloth holding spices, instead of picking each and every individual spice.
We all are too busy in our day-to-day life, just a few small things that can make life a 'bit' easier!