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[Cooking] Quick pesto

My organic box this week had surprise free basil (and garlic). Far too much basil for just flavouring or decorating a dish with and it wouldn't have kept so there was only one option: pesto.
Ingredients:
bunch of basil, washed
garlic (to taste, at least two cloves)
heaped tbsp pine kernels (toasted/dry fried)
grated parmesan or pecorino (to taste, about 1 tbsp)
a good extra virgin olive oil (enough to make a slightly runny paste)

Method:
Blitz all the dry ingredients in a food processor, adding the olive oil in stages until a fragrant, slightly runny paste has formed. A good tablespoon full will flavour one portion of pasta. You can keep it in a jar with a screwtop lid in the fridge for a few weeks but make sure to keep it topped up with olive oil so it doesn't dry out and go off.

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