duck meatloaf with creamed spinach and fried onion ring | The New Brooklyn Cookbook Giveaway
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 8:00PM 
When the world ends, I can promise you, without hesitation, that meatloaf will have played a not insignificant role.
Like pudding and green peppers, it is a member of my unholy trinity of abominations. Just the words alone can make me nauseous. A loaf. Of Meat. As horrible as it sounds. Brown and sad, whether covered in ketchup or naked as the day it was ground, I cannot get over the horrible thought of so much ground beef. In a loaf. If it doesn’t creep you out, you have no soul.
But all that changed with The New Brooklyn Cookbook. Remember our grilled hanger steak post from this special cookbook? Yeah, it was a life changer. We make those potatoes early and often. Bordelaise? An intense silky beefy bit of love. So if The New Brooklyn Cookbook could turn our world upside down with the one-two punch of potatoes and Bordelaise, what could it do with meatloaf?
Whenever we try a new cookbook, we always pick the recipe that sounds the most challenging for our personal tastes. Rarely do we find a recipe for meatloaf. But The New Brooklyn Cookbook has a meatloaf recipe. Duck meatloaf. With duck fat added.
Now shut your mouth for just a second. Think about that. Duck. Duck fat.
How could we not love that?
Add to the meatloaf a spinach and celery root puree and top that mother with a crispy hot onion ring.
I believe. I believe in meatloaf. And we believe in The New Brooklyn Cookbook. You want this cookbook. It will change your life. We promise.
After our hanger steak post, we asked Morrow Cookbooks if they had a spare cookbook that we could give away. We love that cookbook so much, we wanted one of our readers to feel the love, too. They kindly obliged, and of course, we love them for that (so much love).
So one of our lucky readers will receive this stunner of a cookbook, the best of what Brooklyn has to offer. And that duck meatloaf recipe? It’s all yours. Everyone else will have to wonder what kind of amazing recipe could move me from meatloaf hateration to meatloaflove. But only you will know how to make this amazing concoction of perfection.
Here’s how to win:
- Leave a comment below telling us of a food that you used to hate but now love.
- You have until this Wednesday at 5:00 pm Eastern to enter. We'll announce the winner later that evening
For extra entries:
- Go “like” The Secret Ingredient, the Facebook page of Morrow Cookbooks, and tell us you did it (if you’re already a fan, just tell us in your comment below).
- Go follow TheSecretIngredient on Twitter and let us know you did it (again, if you already follow them, just tell us).
- And while you’re at the whole “liking” nonsense, go like us on Facebook. We like you, too. We like you so much that if you already liked us, you’re already entered to win. Liking The Peche has its benefits.
Thanks, Morrow Cookbooks. You’re all shiny and nice. And your hair smells nice. And that’s not just the duck meatloaf talking.
Reader Comments (47)
Hated sushi before I met my husband, not to mention lamb. But he taught me how important it was to at least try everything once ("Or you'll never know what you're missing!"). Now I can't get enough of sushi and thank God we live in a city that has an abundance of sushi bars. I've also learned how to make succulent roast lamb. Possibilities are endless, I tell ya!
Oh yeah, and I already do follow The Secret Ingredient on twitter :)
Coconut! Used to hate it, but I think that was just because my mom hated it. Now I think it's good in sweet and savory settings.
I already follow all three as well! Thanks :)
Fried eggs. I hated the texture of the gloppy yolk and gelatinous whites. And the flavor couldn't compete with any other breakfast option - bacon, sausage, homemade cinnamon rolls, french toast, pancakes, even oatmeal or cereal. Now I LOVE them - could eat them every day.
Stuffing. Weird right?
Red peppers--loathed them growing up, can't get enough of them now. Have no idea when the transition happened, but I suspect Thai food had something to do with it.
Mayo!!! I used to HATE it and avoid it at all costs, until I learned how to make my own. Now I love it!
I've always hated almonds and almond flavor until this past Christmas. Now I LOVE all things almond!
Did all 3 likes and follows
I hate to ask, but was there any ketchup with this concoction or is that only for non-duck fat meatloaf?
I wasn't a big fan of acorn squash growing up, now I happily eat all 4 quarters once it comes out of the oven oozing with melted butter in the middle!
Broccoli.... I grew up with the mushiest of the stuff until my German flatmate in Scotland made it with a beef dish and Riesling, Amazing. Now I crave the green tree.
I used to hate eggplant but I can't live without it!
Just "Liked" The Secret Ingredient
I was just thinking about this today as I made mashed potatoes:
I used to HATE sour cream. Being of Polish descent, at large family meals, there would often be cucumber salad slathered in sour cream. I would literally gag and could not sit near it! But oh, I *loved* cucumbers. The dilemma!
My mom got creative and fixed me my own "salad" of cucumbers in red wine vinegar with a bit of salt and pepper - maybe she also tossed some sugar in there too? I cannot remember.
Bit - Oh! - how I love sour cream now. Of course, my fave recipe use is for home made kolacky, but other than that, I can eat it right off the spoon. The worst creation ever made is "light" or (heaven forbid) "fat free" sour cream. Only full-fat works (and, really, it's not as bad as butter!)
Guacamole....only because it was green. :)
@Ethan, no ketchup in this here duck meatloaf.
Oatmeal! My mom was a big fan, and it was a forced breakfast food. Then I discovered steel cut oats, not the gloopy, mushy stuff. And now I'm a lover!
That meatloaf looks incredible!
I used to hate clams, which as a kid born and raised in New England, earned me some strange looks. Now I love them! I even eat them raw when I get the chance.
I followed The Secret Ingredient on Twitter, and "liked" then and you on Facebook. Thanks for the chance to win!
I honestly can't think of anything. I've always been a voracious eater. Thinking...OK, cooked carrots. Couldn't get them down as a kid, now I roast them with sea salt and olive oil and eat them like candy. With a side of meatloaf of course.
peas. from a can. boiled beyond recognition. that my mother insisted i eat before i was allowed to leave the table. so i swallowed them whole with my milk. end of story. i'd love to win this book. really i would. done.
Cauliflower. I hated it. My family used to boil it and cover it in cheddar cheese and it smelled and tasted like an old liquid fart. It wasn't until last year that I had eye popping flavor of curried cauliflower puree and wood grilled cauliflower-- experiences that changed my views toward the stuff.