*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

               English Muffin With Ham, Tomatoes, And Pesto

Recipe By     : japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes And Cookies

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2  c             Butter
   8      oz            Cream cheese
   1      cl            Garlic -- minced
   6                    English muffins -- halved
  12      sl            Deli baked ham -- cut to fit muffin halves
  12      sl            Tomato
   4      tb            Pesto -- * see recipe below
                        Pesto:
   4      c             Fresh basil leaves --
                        - washed and stripped from stems
   4      cl            Garlic
     1/4  c             Olive oil
     1/4  c             Pine nuts
   1      c             Parmesan cheese -- freshly grated

Remove butter and cream cheese from fridge and allow to soften. Cream
together until fluffy. Blend in minced garlic.

Place the muffin halves on a baking sheet. Spread each with a portion
of the cheese mixture. Then top each muffin with a slice of ham and a
slice of tomato. Spread pesto on top of each tomato, using about 1 ts
per tomato. Place a dollop of the cream cheese mixture on top of that
and bake at 400 degrees F for about 20 minutes or unil the cheese has
melted and is slightly browned.

Pesto:

Blend until a paste forms. You may have to shove it down with a
spatula several times in the blender container. A food processor does
not do this as well as a blender!

Freeze and cut into 1" cubes any left over pesto and serve with pasta.

[Ice cube trays work well for this.]

                   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -