Moroccan Lamb Tagine with Winter Squash and Toasted Pine Nuts

This tantalizing recipe utilizes two kitchen tricks employed by Moroccan home cooks. Onions are treated in two ways for different effect: grated onions added early in the cooking melt into the sauce, and sliced onions added later provide heft.

A second trick concerns the handling of pumpkin, butternut, or kabocha squash. The vegetable is grated and the pulp macerated in sugar until it “weeps, ” giving up its excess water. A small portion of the expressed liquid is then used to aid c