$$ · braised beef, lamb neck, pot roasts, and stews
Turn a tough cut tender in one pot
Browning meat on the stovetop, then braising it slowly in the oven.
Lodge 6-Quart Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven
These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.
Picnic shoulder is the other traditional carnitas cut, often used alongside or instead of the butt.
These are near equivalents in the way butchers and cooks use them. If you can source either one, you're very close to the same result.
| Country | Carnitas | Picnic shoulder |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | Carnitas | Picnic shoulder |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | — | Hand of pork |
| 🇫🇷France | — | Palette de porc |
| 🇪🇸Spain | — | Brazuelo |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | — | Brazuelo de cerdo |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | Carnitas | Brazuelo de cerdo |
| 🇮🇹Italy | Carnitas | Spalla di maiale |
| 🇩🇪Germany | Carnitas | Vorderschinken |
$$ · braised beef, lamb neck, pot roasts, and stews
Browning meat on the stovetop, then braising it slowly in the oven.
Lodge 6-Quart Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven