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Spiced Fruit Cider
This spiced drink is epic to share with your family and friends, while celebrating the true meaning of holidays – LOVE.
Get your mugs ready, it’s going to be a good one.
I don’t drink much alcohol – maybe once or twice a year.
When winter comes, I crave a virgin-version of warm holiday spirits. One that is made from whole foods, is organic and tasty just the same. So here we are. This spiced drink is epic to share with your family and friends, while celebrating the true meaning of holidays – LOVE. I can make this drink year round, but something in me holds out until the winter months roll around to indulge.
This drink is so simple to make, creates applesauce without any extra effort and is truly something beautiful to look at.
Spiced Fruit Cider
When winter comes, I crave a virgin-version of warm holiday spirits.
Ingredients
- 4 apples, each cut into 4 pieces *
- 1 orange, cut in half
- 1 pear, cut into half
- 2 inch finger of ginger *
- 8 cloves
- 1 tsp anise seeds *
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp agave syrup
- 4 cups water
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into the bowl of a pressure cooker
- Pressure cook on high for 15 minutes, allowing the steam to release naturally (not forced to open early)
- When the pressure cooker is ready to open, use a strainer or strainer ladle to separate the juice from the fruit and spices
- Squeeze the fruits + ginger individually to get the extra juices, using your hands (this is where all the extra good juice is at, don’t skip this step!) *
- Serve this cider warm and enjoy
Notes
I used a combination of different pink/red apples for this recipe – get creative! I’d stay within the pink/red family
Peel and slice your ginger into half, to amp up it’s flavor in the cider.
If you can’t find anise seeds, no worries- substitute 1 star anise, instead.
After you have released the extra juices from the fruit, you can mash the pulp of the apple and pear together to make a quick apple-pear sauce (great on pancakes).
