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Shaking
SHAKING: Most cocktails containing fruit juices, raw eggs, milk, or cream should be shaken, not stirred. These ingredients are thicker causing it more difficult to mix together. When mixing a shaken drink fill the cocktail shaker two-thirds with ice. Pour ingredients and shake vigorously for ten to twenty seconds. Once again using ice will help dilute the mixture.
Steps to serving a shaken cocktail:
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Using a mixing glass.
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Pour measured non-alcoholic ingredients.
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Pour measured alcoholic ingredients into the cocktail shaker.
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Fill shaker 2/3 with ice.
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Place shaker tin on top of the mixing glass, at a slight angle.
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Holding both the shaker tin and the glass, shake vigorously in long strides for 10 - 30 seconds.
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Strain into a chilled glass or a freshly iced glass.
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Add garnish to the edge of the glass.
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Present the cocktail to the guest.