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”).

pastichio (countable and uncountable, plural pastichios)

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

• pistachio