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Instant Pot Pear Apple Cider Recipe

Instant Pot Pear Apple Cider has the warm, spicy flavor of both pear cider and apple cider because it combines fresh fruits, including sweet pears, fresh apples, and citrusy fresh oranges, orange peel, tart cranberries, and then is mulled with various warm spices such as nutmeg, star anise, and cinnamon sticks.
Course Beverage, Drinks
Cuisine American
Keyword apple cider, hard pear cider, Instant Pot Apple Cider, Instant Pot Pear Apple Cider, pear cider
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 128kcal
Author Michele @ Flavor Mosaic

Ingredients

  • 3 larges apples (or 5 medium apples)
  • 3 larges pears (or 5 medium pears
  • 2 oranges
  • 1 cup fresh cranberries
  • 4 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 stars anise
  • 1 whole nutmeg
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • 8 cups Water (enough to cover the fruit)

Instructions

  • Wash the apples, the pears, and the oranges, you don’t need to peel the apples and the pears
    Overhead view ingredients for Pear and Apple Cider
  • Cut in quarters and place in the instant pot
    Overhead view of cutting board with sliced pears, apples, and oranges.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients.
    Overhead view of all ingredients of Pear Apple Cider in the Instant Pot before cooking.
  • 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.
    Overhead view of an Instant Pot with all the ingredients of Pear Apple Cider inside after finishing pressure cooking.
  • 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.
    Photo of mashing the fruit with a potato mashing inside the Instant Pot.
  • 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
    Strainer with mashed fruit over a bowl of fresh pear apple cider.
  • Your cider is ready to serve!
    2 glasses of pear apple cider with cranberries, rosemary, and a slice of lemon in each glass, surrounded by cranberries scattered about with pears to the left and an instant pot in the back.

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Notes

  • You can keep the cider in the fridge for up to a week, it also freezes very well.
Slow Cooker Instructions
  • Add all ingredients into the crockpot.
  • Cook on High for 4 hours or on low for 6 hours.

Nutrition

Calories: 128kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 15mg | Potassium: 255mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 141IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 1mg