Cucuzza, or Sicilian summer squash, is a variety of squash common in Sicily and Palermo. The tender greens and shoots of cucuzza are harvested and sold as tenerumi, and are a key ingredient in pasta con tenerumi. Botanically, cucuzza is a subtype of calabash.

Categories: Calabash Squash Fruit vegetable Korean vegetables Namulkr-ro Squash Vegetable
Characteristic of: Burmese cuisine Chinese cuisine Filipino cuisine Hawaiian cuisine Italian cuisine Japanese cuisine Korean cuisine
Used to derive: Tenerumiit
Also known as:
English: Sicilian summer squash
Italian: zucca da vinozucca bottiglia
Latin species name: Lagenaria siceraria var. longissima
Wikidata ID: Q1277255
References:
https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/cucuzza_squash_856.php
Wikipedia article: Calabash
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Pasta con tenerumi
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Calabash Squash

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