Gillywater Recipe

Fresh cucumber, mint, and lime peels add a ton of flavor and simulate gillyweed in this Harry Potter-inspired gillywater drink. It's essentially an infused water recipe that both kids and adults will love!

Course Drinks

Cuisine Harry Potter Food

Keyword Gilly Water, Gillywater, Gillyweed Harry Potter, Harry Potter Gillyweed

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 0

Servings servings

Calories 11kcal

Author Faith Gorsky

Ingredients

1 quart sparkling water (see Notes)
2 cups spiralized cucumber (see Notes)
4 sprigs fresh mint
1/2 cup fresh lime peels (see Notes)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

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Instructions

Add all ingredients to a large pitcher.
Stir gently. (TIP: Be careful not to over-stir so the water doesn’t lose its carbonation.)
Serve chilled.

Notes

Recipe Yield and Serving Size: This recipe makes 32 ounces of gillywater, which is enough for 4 (1-cup) servings.
If You Don’t Have a Spiralizer For the Cucumber: You can use a vegetable peeler (on the peel and the flesh) to get cucumber strips.
Lime Peels: Use organic limes if possible because the peels will be going into the drink. Scrub the outside of the limes, and then use a vegetable peeler to cut strips of peel off (try to get as little of the white as possible because it's bitter). The lime peels infuse the water with more flavor, but don't eat them.
Sparkling Water: You can use any flavor of sparkling water you like. If you use unflavored, unsweetened sparkling water, this drink will have a lime, mint, cucumber flavor profile. If you like flavored water, lemon-lime sparkling water is a good choice. Or you can use sweetened sparkling water or lemon-lime soda (such as 7UP or Sprite) if you like your drinks on the sweet side or if you're making this for kids.
Adult Version: If you want to make an alcoholic version of this drink, add a shot of gin to each serving. The herby, piney, citrusy notes of gin pair beautifully with the other flavors here. Or if gin isn't your thing, you could add a shot of vodka instead.

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