Pan Dulce de Calabaza

Calabaza, West Indian pumpkin, is used to make both sweet and savory dishes in Cuba. It is a large squash with a hard, tannish-gold or green skin and vivid orange-colored flesh. It may weigh as much as twenty pounds, so you often see shoppers at Cuban farmer’s markets buying calabaza by the pound from a vendor who cuts off chunks with machete.

Though it is possible to find fresh calabazas at some Latin American grocery stores in the United States, and they also may be ordered (see <