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PoirevsSirloin tip

beef · Approximate equivalent

These cuts are approximate equivalents — similar in character but with meaningful differences in preparation or exact cut.

Both round-area muscles, but anatomically distinct — sirloin tip is the front-knuckle quadriceps, poire is a smaller pear-shaped muscle on the inside thigh. Poire is the French-butchery boucher's secret, sirloin tip is the broader US/Anglo cut.

Poire
Beef · Round

A *morceau du boucher* — one of the three small premium muscles on the round historically reserved by French butchers for themselves and their best customers (alongside merlan and …

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Sirloin tip
Beef · Round

The knuckle muscle group at the front of the rear leg, between the sirloin and the round — anatomically the *quadriceps* (rectus femoris and surrounding muscles). Leaner than the…

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Names by country

CountryPoireSirloin tip
🇺🇸United States—Sirloin tip
🇬🇧United Kingdom—Top rump
🇫🇷FrancePoireNoix
🇪🇸Spain—Babilla
🇦🇷Argentina—Bola de lomo
🇲🇽Mexico—Bola / Pulpa blanca
🇧🇷Brazil—Patinho
🇮🇹Italy—Noce
🇩🇪Germany—Kugel

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