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next, I would like to ask you have you ever eat pisto? Spain also famaous with
the marvelous pisto. Pisto is the name of a Spanish dish typical from the
Region of Murcia and La Mancha. It is 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.
Pisto Spanish Rataouille. Photo taken from;
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.
Pisto's
influence has transcended the borders of its region and has become a popular
and loved dish all over the country and even abroad. A famous French gourmet
claims pisto evolved into "piperade basquaise" and
"ratatouille". Other variations are known, such as "tumbet"
from Mallorca. In Malta a similar dish is "kapunata",
"letscho" in Hungary and "ciambrotta" in the South of Italy
Like
many other popular Spanish dishes, there isn't an exact recipe for pisto, as
the ingredients varied according to their availability and the taste of the
cook. However it should always have tomato and pepper and frequently onion,
zucchini and eggplant. However potato is not an ingredient that should be used.
It's an oxidant vegetables and pisto is better when the vegetables have settled
and mixed well.
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Pisto
is a great dish because is tasty, very healthy as its a source of vitamins, it
takes little time to make and uses common and easy to find ingredients! It's also
very versatile as it can be consumed cold or hot and can be either a main dish
or accompaniment. Be sure to try it if you visit Castilla La Mancha.
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