Pressure Cooker Infused Water – Five new Flavors for Fall!
Pressure Cooker Infused Water is refreshing and healthy, with no added sugar. Cheap and cheerful and made by you!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4-5 cups 1x
- Category: Drinks
- Method: Pressure cooker
- Cuisine: American
Scale
Ingredients
Wassail
- 1 apple, seeded, and sliced or cut into large chunks
- zest of 1 orange
- 1 orange, white pith cut away and discarded
- zest of 1/2 a lemon
- 1/2 lemon, white pith cut away and discarded
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 5 whole cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 vanilla bean, chopped, or 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Pear & Cardamom
- 1 large pear, seeded and cut into large chunks
- 8 cardamom pods or 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
Pomegranate Vanilla
- seeds of 1 pomegranate
- 1/2 vanilla bean, chopped or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Grapefruit Pineapple
- 1 grapefruit, peel and white pith cut away and discarded, then cut into large chunks
- 1 cup chopped pineapple
Grape
- 2 cups purple grapes, chopped if skins are thick
Instructions
- Place fruit (or vegetables and herbs of your choice) in a mesh steamer basket. Set inside the pressure cooker pot. Add water to barely cover the produce, about 4-5 cups. Secure the lid and turn pressure release knob to a sealed position. Cook at high pressure for 5 minutes.
- When cooking is complete, use a quick release.
- Remove the steamer basket and discard cooked produce. Let the flavored water cool slightly than pour into a mason jar, top with a pourable lid and place in the refrigerator to chill.
Notes
- Straight from the jar, the water is quite potent. I like to add 2-3 tablespoons per 8 ounces of water for just a hint of flavor; sweeten if desired
- Another option: Freeze the infused water in an ice cube tray and pop them into your bottled water.
- The colored frozen cubes would look amazing in a big punch bowl for a party!
- If you don’t have a mesh steamer basket, this could be made directly in the pot and then poured through a strainer to filter out the produce after it’s cooked.
Nutritional values based on Wassail drink
Keywords: flavored water, healthy drink, instant pot drink