pastichio

• pastitsio

From Italian pasticcio (“hodge-podge”), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from *pastīcius (“of dough”), from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastiche.

pastichio (countable and uncountable, plural pastichios)

1. A Greek dish made with cheese, chopped meat and pasta, resembling lasagna.

• pistachio