Alcatra substitutes

Alcatra is the traditional name in Brazil. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.

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Substitutes for Alcatra that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Close substitute

Grumpy Butcher top sirloin steaks (6 pack)

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Close substitute

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The same top-sirloin/rump region. Alcatra is the Brazilian–Portuguese name; sirloin (top sirloin) the US–UK one. Same primal, different tradition.

Overlapping rump anatomy — Portuguese alcatra maps most directly to the British rump. Same region, different butchering and naming.