pesto

[ pes-toh ]

nounItalian Cooking.
  1. a sauce typically made with basil, pine nuts, olive oil, and grated Parmesan blended together and served hot or cold over pasta, fish, or meat.

Origin of pesto

1
First recorded in 1935–40; from Upper Italian (compare Genoese dialect pésto “pesto”), Italian; noun derivative of pestare “to pound, crush”; see piste

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pesto

/ (ˈpɛstəʊ) /


noun
  1. a sauce for pasta, consisting of basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic, oil, and Parmesan cheese, all crushed together

Origin of pesto

1
Italian, shortened form of pestato, past participle of pestare to pound, crush

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