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
Sweet bean sauce sweet bean sauces owe their sweet flavor to the fermentation of starches rather than to the addition of refined sugar. Sweet bean sauce can be found in standard Asian supermarkets under various English names. In Chinese, it is written 甜面酱. In Korea, "chunjang" () is most commonly used to make "jajang" (), a black gravy served with a popular noodle dish called "jajangmyeon". Other common dishes with "jajang" sauce include "jajang-bap" ("rice with "jajang" sauce") and "jajang-tteok-bokki" (stir-fried rice cakes with "jajang" sauce). Although stir-frying "chunjang" to make "jajang" is the most common use for the sauce, "chunjang" may also