Ingredients
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- 1 1/2 cups fresh basil
- 3 or 4 garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup lightly toasted pine nuts
- 3/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 3/4 cup olive oil

In a food chopper/blender*, blend basil, garlic cloves, and pine nuts
into a thick puree.  Then blend in Parmesan cheese.  Add and blend
olive oil until the pesto has the consistency of creamed butter.
Cover and refrigerate or freeze.

* We had

    http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-HC21K-One-Touch-Chopper/dp/B000NJBYWG

  but it was both fragile (-- the plastic lid broke with normal usage)
  and had limited capacity (1.5 cups).  We now use

    http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-EHC650-2-Speed-Chopper/dp/B00005MF97

  which is sturdier and larger (3 cup capacity).