Pistou and Pesto

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      Easy

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By James Peterson

Published 2007

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Pistou is both the name of the French version of the garlic-basil paste and of the soup into which the paste is traditionally stirred. Pesto, of course, is the well-known paste of garlic, basil, olive oil, pine nuts, and Parmigiano-Reggiano