pistou

[ pee-stoo ]

a paste or sauce from Provençe made of basil, garlic, olive oil, and sometimes Parmesan cheese and tomato paste.
a vegetable soup flavored with pistou.

Origin of pistou

First recorded in 1950–55; from French: literally “crushed basil, pesto,” from Provençal, pistou “ground, pounded,” past participle of pista “to crush,” from Old Provençal pester, pistar “to grind,” from Vulgar Latin pistāre; see origin at pestle, pesto

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