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Foods and Drinks From Down the Rabbit Hole

In preparation for our first digital TAP event we areincluding the recipes and drinks for you to make them foryourself or to follow along during the live demonstrations!Find the full list here and join us as some of our industry

experts, faculty, and students walk you through some recommended wines, cocktails, and party food recipes.

Tea Sandwiches

Ingredients:Any mixture of sandwich your family would enjoy  on your choice of bread such as:

Peanut butter and bananas Ham and cream cheese Turkey and Mayo 

Make sandwiches and cut into fun shapes using cookie cutters or cutting by hand.

Chocolate Covered Pretzels Ingredients:

Almond bark or melting chocolate in chocolate or darkchocolate flavor. Your favorite type of pretzel

If not using chocolate chips cut the chocolate into uniformpieces of similar size in order to have uniformmelting. Place chocolate in a glass bowl (glass is the best for melting chocolate).Place the bowl in the microwave and melt in 30-second increments stirring in between. Once chocolate is fullymelted dip pretzels.Place pretzels on a baking paper to cool or decorate upondipping. Wait until the chocolate fully hardens and thenenjoy.

Jalapeno Poppers12 large jalapeño peppers6 slices of bacon 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro, plus 1 tablespoon for garnish     ¼ cup chopped green onion, plus 1 tablespoon for garnish   ¼ teaspoon garlic powder        ¼ teaspoon onion powder·        ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt        ⅓ cup grated sharp cheddar cheese        1 big handful of potato chips

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit and line a large, rim med baking sheet with parchmentpaper for easy clean-up. Cut peppers in half. Use a small spoon (a serrated grapefruit spoon worksgreat) to scoop out the seeds and membranes from each pepper, an d discard those pieces. In a bowl,combine the cream cheese, ¼ cup chopped cilantro and green onion , garlic powder, onion powder, andsalt. Stir to combine. Stuff the peppers with the cream cheese m ixture (you might have a small amountleftover). Top each of the peppers with a small mound of cheese lengthwise. Wrap with bacon if usingit. Bake for 10 to 13 minutes, until the cheese, is bubbling and starting to turn golden. Meanwhile,place a big handful of chips in a food processor and process until the chips are broken into tiny pieces(or, you can crush them under a rolling pin). After placing chips on top, bake for 1-2 minutes more.Then plate and allow poppers a minute to cool and then serve!

Long Island Ice TeaIngredients

0.75oz. Vodka 0.75oz. White Rum 0.75oz. Tequila0.75oz. Gin 0.75oz. Triple Sec0.75oz. Simple Syrup0.75oz. Fresh Lemon WedgeTop with Coke + Garnish: Lemon Wedge

 Directions Add all ingredients except coke into a collinsglass with ice. Top with a splash of Coke andstir briefly. Garnish with a lemon wedge

Moscow Mule

Ingredients2oz. Vodka or Bourbon 0.5oz. Lime Juice Top with Ginger Beer + Garnish: Lime wheel or Wedge

 Directions Add ice to glass Squeeze lime juice into a Moscow Mulemug (or a Collins glass) and drop in the spent shell.Add Vodka Top with Ginger beer and stir brieflyGarnish with Lime wheel or wedge

Hooka Butterfly Cocktail Ingredients

1oz. Malibu Rum 1oz. Blue Curacao 1oz. Cherry Vodka0.75oz. Gin SpriteSimple SyrupBlack Sanding Sugar (optional)Ice

 Directions To decorate the rim of your glassware, get 2 appetizer plates on one of them pour about 1 tbsp of simplesyrup. On the other one add sanding sugar. Dip the rim of your glasses in the simple syrup and then inthe sanding sugar, set to the side, (This step is optional)Fill your glassware with ice only 3/4 of the way full. Pour the liquors in order as listed above in theglass. Top with sprite. Lightly stir. ENJOY!

Mad Hatter Ingredients

2 Green Tea Bags1 Cup Boiling WaterMint 2oz Gin 0.5oz Lemon Juice 0.5oz Lime Juice

 Directions Heat water and steep green tea bags for 10 minutes.Dispose of tea bags and let cool. Add mint to shaker.Measure liquor in jigger, add to mixing glass. Measuremixers in jigger, add to mixing glass. Add ice. Shake. FillRocks glass with ice and strain. Top with Green tea.Garnish with Mint

Featured Wines Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Chateau St. Michelle Riesling Both of these wines are available at Walgreen's and someof the grocery stores in Las Cruces.