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Macreuse à bifteckvsMacreuse à pot-au-feu

beef · Close equivalent

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

Two French-butchery subdivisions of the same anatomical chuck region — same muscle group, but butchered out for different cooking destinations. À bifteck for quick cooking, à pot-au-feu for slow simmering. The distinction is in the butchering, not in any anatomical separation.

Macreuse à bifteck
Beef · Chuck

A chuck-area subdivision of French butchery — dark-red, fairly lean, fine-grained meat from the front shoulder, separated by a central nerve into two halves. Sometimes also called …

TenderloinRoundBottom SirloinRibPlateChuckShort LoinBrisketFlankSirloinShankShank
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Macreuse à pot-au-feu
Beef · Chuck

The slow-cook companion to macreuse à bifteck — same general shoulder muscle group, but the portions with more connective tissue and gelatinous character that reward long…

TenderloinRoundBottom SirloinRibPlateChuckShort LoinBrisketFlankSirloinShankShank
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