Pistou
Sign in to savePistou (Provençal: pisto (classical) or pistou (Mistralian), ), or pistou sauce, is a Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil and sometimes almonds, bread crumbs or potatoes. It is somewhat similar to the Ligurian sauce pesto, although it lacks pine nuts and cheese; some versions include cheese and/or almonds.
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- Food.name
- Pistou
- Food.name_lang
- fr
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- true
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- 250px
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- Small serving dish of pistou
- Food.alternate_name
- Pistou sauce
- Food.country
- France
- Food.region
- Provence
- Food.type
- Sauce
- Food.served
- Cold
- Food.similar_dish
- pesto
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Pistou (Provençal: pisto (classical) or pistou (Mistralian), ), or pistou sauce, is a Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil and sometimes almonds, bread crumbs or potatoes. It is somewhat similar to the Ligurian sauce pesto, although it lacks pine nuts and cheese; some versions include cheese and/or almonds.
==Etymology and history== The ''Dictionnaire de l'Académie française dates "pistou" from the 20th century, and defines it as a Provençal word denoting a condiment made from fresh basil, crushed with garlic and olive oil; the term derives from (to grind) itself derived from the Latin (to pound, to grind).