Easy Pesto

Here is an easy, traditional basil pesto that is easy and very tasty. I like to serve it up on hot roasted chicken, sandwiches, toast, crackers, or just spoon it in your boca.
Get a handful of good pine nuts and lightly toast them in a pan, don't be tempted to brown them up good because it will ruin the flavor. Chuck them into a big mortar & pestle with 3 handfuls of fresh basil leaves and a clove of garlic and give it a good bash up. You can use your whiz with a blade if you don't have an M&P. Get a good paste going then put it into a bowl with a pinch of fine salt, a little black pepper, juice of half a lemon, 2 handfuls of freshly ground parmesan cheese and 2 or 3 of good glugs of olive oil. Give the whole thing a mix and enjoy it! Feel free to change things around, too much garlic will overpower it, so that's one thing to watch, also dried basil is truly useless so don't use it. Anyway this stuff is addictive with some nice tomato slices and a runny-yoke egg for breakfast!