QOTD #67

Do you have any special occasion dishes that you look forward to cooking? Things that you only bust out maybe once or twice a year. Maybe they've got a crazy expensive ingredient list, maybe they're just a PITA to bring together. But you love it, and you love cooking it.

No Thanksgiving dishes, please.

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HammeredChef_DEFINITELY_does_NOT_work_at_22134

this guy is a PITA but, awesome...

tshewman

100 hr oxtail encased in savory granola. Oxtail power bar. That said, I have corn sphere with chilli oil in mind for the next special occasion. I have mental hiccup with old dishes for special occasions. I mean what's more special than...........the first. So I actually prefer to try a first...........attempt at whatever I've been thinking about.

Alex_Thomson_41278

Mole!

com-chefsteps

Croissants/danish are generally past my PITA tolerance, but hot danish out of the oven is pretty special.
SV dulce de leche is vulnerable to disastrous mess in pre-prep, so it's worth doing 12 cans at once so you can get a rhythm going. Once it's sealed and cooked, though, it's pre-pastry-bagged for your convenience!

Cheryl_71360

This might sound a little cheesy, but there's about a one week window during the summer in my garden when my heirloom tomatoes are just coming in and I also have a bit of lettuce on its way out. I make sure I have homemade cured bacon, I bake a beautiful loaf of pain de mie, make homemade mayo, then I construct the most amazing BLT I have ever had.

Brendan_Lee_56950

I guess my chinese new year dishes fall into this category. I don't usually make the roast pork belly year round and while the turnip cakes aren't hard I don't seem to ever think about making them at times other than new years. Looking forward to doing it near the end of this month though.