Tiktok Crockpot Apple Cider

Based on a Tiktok video!

NOTES:

1. This recipe is for a small crockpot.

2. Use a variety of apples. The video shows Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Gala; you'll need enough to fill the crockpot.

3. Liz didn't care for having the orange rind so this recipe only is using orange zest and the flesh of the orange.

4. To zest the orange more easily, have the orange at room temperature. Ditto the apples, to make it faster to heat them in the slow cooker.

5. No need to core the apple since the cooked-down pulp will be strained.

6. Allow 10 hours. Makes 2-3 servings. 

INGREDIENTS:

4-6 apples, enough to fill the crockpot (Granny Smith; Honeycrisp; Gala; Braeburn; Haralson; Fuji, etc)

1 large orange

2 cinnamon sticks

a few whole cloves

a few whole bits of allspice

PREPARATION:

1. Zest the orange and remove peel. Cut the orange into quarters, roughly.

2. Halve each apple and then quarter each half, so pieces are fairly substantial.

3. Fill the crockpot with the apples and oranges; add cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice.

4. Add water so the crockpot is about halfway filled with liquid.

5. Cook on low for 7 hours and mash up all the fruit inside the crockpot.

6. Simmer on low for another 3 hours and then strain once or twice through a fine mesh strainer.