Dead Simple Pesto

I looked around the net for some simple pesto recipes (mainly because we had an overgrown basil plant and wanted to not waste the trimmings) and they all basically boiled down to the following.

Ingredients

• roughly equal amounts of Basil and Parmesan cheese
• Olive Oil
• Clove or two of Garlic
• Salt and Pepper
• Lemon Juice
  

Chuck all the solid ingredients into a blender, add oil till you have the consistency you want. Season with the salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste. Blend it all up. Put into a container and pour some more oil over the surface to cover the pesto to stop it drying out. Put in the fridge, seems to keep for a few weeks...