Salmon With Rice Florentine Recipes

SALMON FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Using your hands, squeeze spinach of all excess liquid.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and garlic and cook for 3 minutes until they begin to soften. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Add spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, red pepper flakes, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook an additional 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool approximately 10 minutes. Add ricotta and stir to combine. Season with additional salt and pepper, to taste.
• Using your hands, pack approximately 1/2 cup spinach mixture on top of each salmon fillet, forming mixture to the shape of the fillet. Place fillets on a rimmed baking sheet or glass baking dish and bake for 15 minutes, until salmon is cooked through.

SALMON FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 350.
• Squeeze spinach of all excess liquid. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a large skillet, and add shallots, after a few minutes add garlic and cook about a minute more.
• Add spinach, tomatoes, salt and pepper, and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, 2 minutes more. Remove from heat; let cool about 15 minutes.
• Add ricotta; stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pack about 1/2 cup spinach mixture on top of each fillet.
• Place fillets on a rimmed baking sheet or in a glass baking dish; bake until cooked through, 15-20 minutes.
• Serving suggestion: with Brown Rice or Rice Pilaf.

FLORENTINE RICE

Steps:

• In a skillet, saute red pepper in butter until tender. Stir in the spinach, onion, garlic, rosemary and pepper; cook until spinach is wilted. Stir in the rice, Parmesan cheese and pine nuts; cook for 1-2 minutes or until heated through.

JASON'S SALMON FLORENTINE

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.

SALMON WITH RICE-FLORENTINE

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, combine rice, spinach, cream cheese, Tabasco- if using -butter, cheese, garlic, and egg.
• Blend thoroughly.
• Add a little mayo, if needed to make a creamy, but stiff mixture. (Needs to hold together well.)
• Dry fillets.
• Place enough mixture on fillets, to ½" thick-- spreading evenly. CAREFUL NOT TO OVERFILL.
• Starting with short side, roll up tightly. Place in dish with seam side down; refrigerate about 2 hours to set filling. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400 dgrees F.
• Remove salmon rolls to cutting board. With a very sharp knife, cut each roll in half to form rolls about 2" thick.
• Place all 4 rolls in lightly sprayed baking dish; cover with foil and bake for about 25 minutes until salmon flakes.
• Remove foil; dot tops with butter and place under broiler until light golden.
• Serve hot.