Pistou melts in a hot liquid (like in the pistou soup, for instance), it does not melt into long strands. 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
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