Glossary P

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Pistachio Nut refers to a pale green nut with a delicate, sweet flavor, often dyed red or blanched white.
Pisto refers to a vegetable dish from Spain that can include mushrooms, eggplant, chopped tomatoes and green peppers. Pisto can be cooked in several variations.
Pistou refers to a sauce similar to Pesto. This French accompaniment is made from basil, garlic, cheese and olive oil.
Pith refers to the soft, white layer of--something--between the peel and the flesh of a citrus fruit.
Pithiviers is a French dessert of puff pastry rounds on both sides of a slathering of almond cream.
Pivoulade is "Honey mushroom" in French.