What dish do you traditionally serve for any specific occasion and you love.

[BlueLobelia]

For me, Boxing Day lunch. I make caulflower cheese, baked ham and serve with cranberry sauce and peas.

It was something I rustled up in some desperation the first Christmas I hosted DH;'s parents and it has become a staple and indeed probably my favourite meal over Christmas. Makes me feel all warm inside, yet I never cook it any other time!

That sounds lush.
All round to yours for Boxing Day then....

Sadly BD is so far away.....

For summer though I like making roasted chicken with rosemary and lemon served with greek salad and french fries. But ti does not have the heart pull the boxing day dish does.

Chicken schnitzels on Christmas Eve.
In Hungary you have your Christmas meal on the 24th and open presents after dinner.
so I cook, we open a few gifts, then watch Die Hard with DH and older kids.
(usual British turkey & stuff the next day).

everyone loves it and the kids now refer to it as Christmas Chicken!😁
I think it was 2 years ago my oldest 2 quizzed me why I never make it any other time and I was a fool letting them know that I could. growing up we had it on most Sundays!
They promptly decided I must make it also as their birthday meal. in July. twice. it was weird.
but delicious

Aaaah....... chicken schnitzel. Love it. My mum makes that as a spoecial meal with a spritz of lemon and apple sauce on the side which I think is not traditional but gorgeous.

I love foods that mean something inside the family. My dad's minestrone with meatballs stuffed with mozzarella was a staple when I grew up. My dad's mum used to make homemade cassata - we have no Italian blood whatsoever so I have no real idea how a White European (her parents were Ukrainian) Jewish woman learned to make cassata in the 1940s and 1950s!

@BlueLobelia

I make a special garlic, cucumber, paprika & sour cream "salad" to go with it.
very Hungarian stuff and I'm so glad the kids & DH all love it!

talking about Italian, I have a few drops of Italian blood in me🤣 and after having certain illnesses I always crave the same thing: ciabatta with garlic olive oil, mozzarella, fresh basil, tomatoes and salami. (it's one of my healing meals.
admittedly I eat it other times too).

Oh, I love schnitzel. Haven't had it for so long. Cauliflower cheese too. DD can't eat wheat or dairy, so they're both off the menu for now
How does one bake a ham? It sounds delicious, but I've no idea of how to make (I can roast meats no problems).

@LostInTime
we have ham at Easter (again, Hungarian tradition) so here's what I do:
buy those big joints without bone, soak in water over night to get rid of some salt, whack in oven (length depends on size), cover with foil for last 30mins- 1 hour.

As @ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba says regarding method. I also use Queen Delia and wil do either honey mustard or a marmalade glaze.

www.deliaonline.com/how-to-cook/meat/how-to-roast-glazed-ham

I think I might need to dot his this weekend. It's cold enough to pretend it's winter!

Green bean casserole and avocado ranch dressing at Thanksgiving.

It would go as a side with loads of other meals really, as well as being a good pot luck dish, but I only ever make it at Thanksgiving.

Blue

we discovered how beautifully roasted butternut squash with a sprinkle of parmesan goes with baked ham!
and of course you have to have mayo mixed with horseradish on the side!

Oreo and caramel pie, every year for DHs birthday.

Thank you @ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba and @BlueLobelia - I might just do that this weekend!

Enormous trifle at Christmas

Takes bloody hours but it's so tasty (make everything from scratch)

Firing up the BBQ whenever it's sunny!
(Sadly no sign of any sun so far this year, sick to death of all the bloody rain!!)

@00100001

Oreo and caramel pie, every year for DHs birthday.

Oh! Would you mind posting a recipe? DS1 is mad about Oreos. And his birthday is soon. :)

On Christmas Eve we have potato croquettes for dinner, nothing else it's such a faff to make them on Christmas Day alongside everything else so we make a huge batch the night before, eat them for dinner and put the leftover ones into the oven to crisp back up on the day.

Scallops with chorizo, griddled pineapple and spring onions, followed by steak cooked to perfection, as DH is a talented man! Washed down with gin and champagne cocktails, reminiscent of our first valentines weekend away together.

Sounds lovely OP! I love my boxing day lunch of chips, turkey, peas and cranberry. With a glass of prosecco

On special occasions, I cook five hour slow roast lamb with garlic and oregano, dauphinoise potatoes and French peas, lettuce and beans cooked in a lovely gravy.
It's followed by a rose milk jelly.

Flemish beef stew on New Year's Eve with Belgian beer and frites!

@BlueLobelia

www.kevinandamanda.com/salted-caramel-dark-chocolate-pie/
Really easy

I make trifle for visitors from other countries as it is absolutely British. They always love it and often buy jelly before they go home as you don't seem to be able to get our jelly blocks anywhere else.

May 4th.

I have, "ham solo and ratatoine"

Basically gammon with ratatouille.

Yes I'm a geek.