Recipe - English Muffin With Ham Tomatoes And Pesto

1 Stick Butter
8 ounce Cream Cheese
1 Clove Garlic,; minced
6 English Muffins; halved
12 sl Deli Baked Ham, Cut To Fit
Muffin Halves
12 sl Tomato
4 tablespoon Pesto; * see recipe below

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. Spead 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 tsp. per tomato.
Place a dollop of the cream cheese mixture on top of that and bake at 400
degrees for about 20 mintes or unil the cheese has melted and is slightly
browned.

*Pesto: 4 cups fresh basil leaves, washed and stripped from stems 4 cloves
of garlic
One fourth cup olive oil
One fourth cup pine nuts 1 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese. 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.