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SALMON
FLORENTINE
Cooked salmon
or canned salmon is prepared with a cream sauce and baked on a bed of spinach.
This recipe can be prepared in advance, refrigerated and baked half and hour
before serving
Serves 6
3 cups cooked salmon
3 cups milk 1/3 cup butter 1/3 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon dry
mustard 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce 3 cups
spinach, cooked, drained 1 1/2 cups Swiss cheese, grated
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Flake the salmon; remove any bones or
skin. If canned, flake and save the liquid and add to the milk to make 3 cups.
In a saucepan, melt the butter, add the flour and stir with a wire whisk
until well blended. In another saucepan, bring the milk to a boil, and add
to the butter-flour mixture. Stir with a whisk until the sauce is thick and
smooth. Season with mustard, salt and Tabasco sauce. Mix in 1 cup of
cheese. Combine the salmon with the sauce. Chop the spinach. Spoon into
six individual greased casseroles, top the sauce and sauce and sprinkle with
the remaining cheese. Baked uncovered for fifteen minutes, or until cheese
is golden brown.
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