JASON'S SALMON FLORENTINE

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This quick and easy baked salmon Florentine recipe covers a fillet with fresh spinach, a simple blender cream sauce, and shredded mozzarella cheese.

Provided by Jmitch

Categories 100+ Breakfast and Brunch Recipes Meat and Seafood Seafood

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 pound salmon fillet
olive oil cooking spray
sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon dried basil
2 ½ tablespoons crushed garlic, divided
¼ cup heavy cream
25 leaves fresh spinach, or more to taste, divided
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Spray salmon with olive oil and place in a baking dish. Season with sea salt, black pepper, basil, and 1 1/2 tablespoons crushed garlic.
Combine cream, 12 spinach leaves, remaining crushed garlic, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a food processor. Blend until smooth and pour mixture over salmon in the baking dish. Cover with remaining spinach leaves and shredded mozzarella cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and salmon flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 251.6 calories, Carbohydrate 3.9 g, Cholesterol 75.3 mg, Fat 13.6 g, Fiber 1.7 g, Protein 28.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 516.9 mg, Sugar 0.4 g