Galliano's herbal vanilla sweetness leads, sharpened by the orange-peel bite of triple sec and the brightness of fresh juice, while a splash of cream rounds every edge into something silky and golden. Shaken hard until the equal parts emulsify into a pale glow, it drinks cold and plush like an orange cream dessert, finishing on a soft whisper of anise and herbs.
Shaken · Coupe · Up
add
Combine Galliano, triple sec, fresh orange juice, and cream in a shaker.
shake
Shake well with cracked ice until thoroughly chilled and emulsified.
strain
Double-strain into a chilled coupe; serve straight up, without ice.
Credit for the Golden Dream usually goes to Raimundo Alvarez of the Old King Bar in Miami, though no creator is firmly documented. The story attached to him holds that he devised it as a tribute to the actress Joan Crawford. The drink caught on along the American east coast in the late 1960s, stayed a fixture of after-dinner drinking into the '70s and was eventually listed among the IBA's official cocktails.