Pesto where it is known as "pistou". In contrast with "pesto alla genovese", "pistou" is generally made with olive oil, basil and garlic only: while cheese may be added, usually no nuts are included in a traditional "pistou" because no pine trees grow there to provide the nuts. "Pistou" is used in the typical "soupe au pistou", a hearty vegetable soup with "pistou" flavour. The sauce did not originally contain basil, however; instead, cheese and olive oil were the main constituents. Sometimes almonds are used instead of pine nuts, and sometimes mint leaves are mixed in with the basil leaves. It
Rainbow sauce Rainbow sauce Rainbow sauce refers to several types of culinary sauces. The term also refers to a food presentation or preparation style in which several sauces are placed on a food dish or plate alongside one-another, and also a sauce preparation method in which several sauces are mixed together. Rainbow sauce is a dessert sauce that's prepared with pineapple, candied cherries, apricot, citron and pears, and pistachio nuts. The ingredients are chopped, combined and boiled in simple syrup to create a sauce. This sauce is typically served atop ice cream. The term also refers to sweet and sour sauce that