Description
Salmon Florentine is made with juicy, tender, baked salmon and topped with creamy spinach and mushrooms.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb salmon filet (skin on)
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 3 large garlic cloves (pressed)
- 5 oz fresh spinach (chopped)
- 6 oz baby bella mushrooms (sliced)
- 1/4 cup vegetable broth
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- Salt
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Step: Preheat the oven to 425℉ and line a small rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Step: Rub the bottom of the salmon with oil and place it skin down on the parchment paper.
- Step: Season salmon with salt and pepper.
- Step: Place crusted salmon onto the baking sheet, skin down, and bake for 18-22 minutes.
- Step: Once salmon is cooked, take it out of the oven and off the baking sheet.
- Step: While salmon is cooking, heat up a large pan over medium heat. Add some cooking oil and diced onion. Saute onion until transparent.
- Step: Add mushrooms, garlic, and spinach. Cover and let the spinach cook down, stirring occasionally.
- Step: Once spinach is cooked down, drain off the liquid that accumulated from mushrooms and spinach.
- Step: Return to the stove and add vegetable broth. Simmer for about a minute.
- Step: Add heavy whipping cream and mix well. Season with salt and red pepper flakes. Stir and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Step: Add spinach and mushroom mixture to the cooked salmon, over the top.
Notes
Use skin-on salmon filets to act as a protective barrier and retain healthy fats. Heavy whipping cream provides a rich texture; half and half can be substituted for a thinner sauce. To thicken the sauce, stir in a cornstarch slurry (1-2 tsp cornstarch mixed with cold milk or cream). Cook salmon to an internal temperature of 145°F, or 125°-135°F for medium to medium-well.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 713 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 206 mg
- Fat: 47 g
- Saturated Fat: 22 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 25 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 14 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 51 g
- Cholesterol: 247 mg
Keywords: salmon, florentine, creamy spinach, mushrooms, healthy dinner, baked salmon, seafood