Pisto

Pisto

Pisto is the name of a Spanish dish made of tomatoes, onions, eggplant or courgettes, green and red peppers and olive oil. It is similar to ratatouille and is usually served warm to accompany a dish or with a fried egg and bread. It is also used as the filling for empanadillas and empanadas.

The dish is sometimes formally named Pisto manchego, from its origin in La Mancha. Pisto a la Bilbaína, from Bilbao in the Basque Country, usually has just courgettes and green peppers in tomato sauce, sometimes lightly scrambled with eggs.

Other uses of "Pisto"

• In Mexico and the Southwestern U.S., "pisto" is slang for hard liquor.
• In Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the term is slang for money.