Ingredients

• 1 (2 to 3 pound) pumpkin or banana squash
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1/2 cup tahini
• 1/2 cup ground walnuts

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Instructions

1. Seed and peel the pumpkin, then cut into rectangular chunks about 2-inches by 3-inches. Place the pumpkin pieces in a wide heavy pan, sprinkle with the sugar, and cover with the water and lemon juice. Cover the pan and cook over low heat for 1 hour, until pumpkin flesh is tender, occasionally basting with the juices.
2. Remove pan from the heat and let pumpkin cool in the liquid. Remove pumpkin pieces and arrange on a serving dish. Spoon the syrup from the pan over the pumpkin, drizzle with the tahini and sprinkle with the ground walnuts.