Pistou Pistou Pistou (Provençal: "pisto" or "pistou" , ), or pistou sauce, is a Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil. It is somewhat similar to the Ligurian sauce pesto, although it lacks pine nuts. Some modern versions of the recipe include grated parmesan, pecorino or similar hard cheeses. In the Provençal dialect of Occitan, "pistou" means "pounded". The sauce is derived from the Genoese pesto, which is traditionally made of garlic, basil, pine nuts, grated Sardinian Pecorino, and olive oil, crushed and mixed together with a mortar and pestle. The key difference between pistou
Onion sauce or simmer the mixture to create a sauce. Some preparations involve frying the onions until they are browned, while others do not brown the onions. Onion sauce can be used to complement many foods, such as potatoes and peas, meats, such as pork, duck, rabbit, mutton, and liver, such as calf liver. Onion sauce prepared with bread crumbs may be used as a stuffing, which can be used in various poultry dishes, such as goose. Cebolada is a Portuguese onion stew, onion sauce or paste that is prepared with onion as a primary ingredient. It is used on several Portuguese