pistou

Borrowed from French pistou.

pistou (uncountable)

1. A Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.
   • 2007 January 28, Christine Muhlke, “Bistronomy”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     On a November morning, the other side of the 12-foot-long cooking area featured metal organizers filled with endive, bread crumbs, almond butter, mushrooms, shallots, chorizo, chives, purée of purple potatoes, parsley pistou, chestnuts, dried tomatoes and other items that allow the chef to riff at high speed.

• persillade
• pesto

• putois

Borrowed from Occitan pistou, from Late Latin pistāre (“to crush”).

• IPA^(key): /pis.tu/

• Audio (France (Agen)):

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pistou m (plural pistous)

1. pistou (cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil)

   soupe au pistou ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• pesto
• piston

• “pistou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.