Zucca Gialla in Agrodolce

Sicily is probably the origin of this recipe, adapted from Cia Eramo’s La cucina mantovana. It is identical to the classic fegato ai sette cannoli, named after a fountain in Palermo with seven spouts. Few people in the surrounding poverty-stricken neighborhood could afford meat. Pumpkin is meaty, however, and when cooked has so much body that they likened it to liver (fegato). Use pumpkin, Hubbard, butternut, or another large yellow hard-skinned winter squash for this d