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Recipe: America's Cut Florentine
Servings: 12
Preparation Time: 20 min.
Cooking Time: 45 min.
 
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 2/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 4 cup milk, hot
  • 1-1/2 cups dry sherry
  • 2 Tbs. Dijon mustard
  • 1-1/2 cups Swiss cheese\grated, shredded
  • 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 2 Lbs. fresh spinach\cooked, trimmed and washed
  • 12 boneless pork chop
  • 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Cooking Directions:
Melt 2/3 cup butter in a heavy saucepan over medium high heat. Add flour and stir with a wire whisk 2-3 minutes until smooth. Gradually whisk in milk and sherry, stirring constantly 3-4 minutes until thickened. Stir in next 3 ingredients and keep warm. Place spinach in a steamer basket over boiling water. Cover saucepan and steam 2 minutes until just wilted. Drain well and chop. Stir spinach into sauce. Set aside and keep warm. Melt remaining butter in a heavy nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Saute pork chops 7-9 minutes per side or until golden brown and cooked throughout. Turn on broiler. Cover each chop with spinach sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan. Spoon spinach over the top of each chop. Broil 1-2 minutes or until sauce is bubbling and cheese is golden brown.
 
Per Serving: calories 454, fat 28.1g, calories from fat 56%, protein 32.2g, cholesterol 120.8mg, dietary fiber 3.9g

Nutrients Exchanges
Calories 454 Milk Exchanges 0.3
Protein 32.2g Vegetable Exchanges 1.2
Carbohydrates 15.7g Fruit Exchanges 0.0
Dietary Fiber 3.9g Bread Exchanges 0.3
Sugar 5.1g Other Carbohydrates/Sugar Exchanges 0.0
Fat Total 28.1g Lean Meat Exchanges 0.8
Saturated Fat 16.7g Very Lean Meat/Protein Exchanges 2.5
Mono-unsaturated Fat 10.0g Fat Exchanges 5.1
Poly-unsaturated Fat 1.5g
% Calories from Fat 56%    
Cholesterol 120.8mg
Sodium 357.5mg
Vitamins Minerals
Vitamin A 1000.0IU Calcium 522.3mg
Thiamin (B1) 3.1mg Copper 1.0mg
Riboflavin (B2) 0.9mg Iron 7.1mg
Niacin (B3) 6.5mg Magnesium 175.1mg
Vitamin B6 1.4mg Manganese 2.1mg
Vitamin B12 1.1mcg Phosphorus 468.3mg
Vitamin C 16.4mg Potassium 1000.0mg
Vitamin E 3.4IU Selenium 36.4mcg
Folate 232.8mcg Sodium 357.5mg
Pantothenic Acid 1.3mg Zinc 3.9mg