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Mummy Brie This Mummy Brie will haunt your Halloween party dreams... it’s the cheesiest way to celebrate. Thanks to puff pastry, your basic baked brie becomes a totally spooky Halloween appetizer. Ingredients 1 Sheet puff pastry, thawed | 1 round brie | 1 large egg 1 tbsp. milk | 2 mini pepperoni | 2 sliced black olives directions Preheat oven to 400°. On a floured work surface, unroll puff pastry and cut into 1” strips. Wrap strips around brie like a mummy. Whisk together egg and milk and brush over pastry. Transfer brie to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until brie is warmed through and gooey and puff pastry is deeply golden, roughly 20 minutes. Yields: 4 Prep Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 35 minutes For eyes, place two mini pepperonis into two sliced olives. Serve with crackers. Lights Out Punch Contributed by Joaquín Simó for www.liquor.com directions 1. At least 24 hours prior to kickoff, fill a plastic container (1-pint or 1-quart, depending on the size of your punch bowl) with water and add apple slices and cinnamon sticks if desired. 2. Freeze until solid. 3. Combine the tea and vermouth in a jar or other container and let stand for 90 minutes. 4. Strain, and refrigerate. On game day, combine the tea-infused vermouth and the remaining ingredients in a punch bowl, adding the soda last. 5. Carefully add the prepared ice block and garnish lavishly with apple slices and freshly grated cinnamon and nutmeg. his fizzy concoction is a cocktail- party champion. It’s got a base of T tea-infused vermouth and tequila that’s mellowed out by the addition of citrus, spices, bitters and soda. ingredients Apple slices (optional) Cinnamon sticks (optional) 1 1/2 tbsp MarketSpice Cinnamon- Orange Black Tea or other spiced black tea 12 oz Sweet vermouth Centinela Reposado Tequila or other reposado tequila, chilled 12 oz Fresh apple juice or cider, chilled 8 oz Fresh lemon juice 4 oz Demerara syrup (2 parts Demerara sugar, 1 part water), chilled 16 dashes Angostura bitters 16 dashes Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged Biters, Fee Brothers Old Fashion Bitters or The Bitter Truth Old Time Aromatic Bitters 24 oz Club soda, chilled OCTOBER 2018 | WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE |   57