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Bistecca alla fiorentinavsT-bone steak

beef · Close equivalent

These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.

A thinner fiorentina from the front of the short loin can be cut from the T-bone area; the porterhouse-style cut is the more traditional fiorentina.

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These are near equivalents in the way butchers and cooks use them. If you can source either one, you're very close to the same result.

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Bistecca alla fiorentina
Beef · Loin

Tuscany's signature steak — a thick T-bone or porterhouse, traditionally from Chianina cattle, cut at minimum 4 centimetres thick and often 6–8. Grilled rare to very rare over hot …

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T-bone steak
Beef · Loin

The T-bone steak is cut from the front of the short loin and contains both the strip loin and a smaller portion of the tenderloin, separated by a T-shaped bone. It offers two…

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Names by country

CountryBistecca alla fiorentinaT-bone steak
🇺🇸United StatesFlorentine steakT-bone steak
🇬🇧United KingdomFlorentine steakT-bone steak
🇫🇷FranceBistecca alla fiorentinaT-bone
🇪🇸SpainChuletón a la florentinaT-bone
🇦🇷ArgentinaBife a la florentinaT-bone
🇲🇽MexicoBistec a la florentinaT-bone
🇵🇹PortugalBife à florentina
🇧🇷BrazilBistecca alla fiorentinaT-bone
🇮🇹ItalyBistecca alla fiorentinaBistecca con l'osso
🇩🇪GermanyFlorentinisches SteakT-Bone-Steak

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