To us, the answer is no. Apple cider truly embodies that fall flavor and feeling. Sadly, anything you buy from the cider mill or pumpkin patch is going to be loaded with sugar and carbs. Our yummy and easy apple cider can definitely be enjoyed as a part of a low carb diet!
To make a keto apple cider drink, we need to subtract the sugar but somehow maintain the apple flavor. Luckily, a low carb apple cider is possible with the help of the venerable apple cider vinegar. Let’s start off by looking into some of the benefits of apple cider vinegar, also affectionately known as ACV.
The only truly "essential" spices are whole cinnamon sticks. We used eight cinnamon sticks, but we love a lot of cinnamon flavor. Some of our favorite additions are fresh ginger, cloves, nutmeg, allspice and star anise. If you don't like or don't have any of the spices or aromatics for this low carb apple cider, don't worry.
A pressure cooker will only take about 30 - 40 minutes, but you will need to cut this low carb apple cider recipe into a much smaller portion size to safely get all of the ingredients in there. The slow cooker method will take about 8 hours for the apples to super tender and able to be mashed with a potato masher.