Pesto

I found a pesto recipe with weights in this Chowhound thread.

Ingredients

• 3 oz. / 75 g. fresh basil (weighed with some stem)
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 T. pine nuts, optionally toasted
• up to 1 T. coarse salt
• 2 oz. grated parmesan
• up to ¼ c. olive oil

Directions

1. Boil pasta with a generous amount of salt and drain.
2. In a food processor, chop basil with garlic, pine nuts, and the oil.
3. Mix in parmesan manually.
4. Freshen pasta and mix with the sauce and optionally some pasta water in a large bowl (or in the sauce pan, if it’s large enough).
5. Serve hot or cold.