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Araignée

Araignée substitutes

What to use when you can't find Araignée at your butcher

Araignée is the traditional name in France. Outside that tradition, butchers carry comparable beef cuts under different names — sometimes the same anatomical piece, sometimes a close cousin. The alternatives below are grouped by country so you can match what your local butcher actually carries.

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France

Merlanapproximate

Third member of the *morceaux du boucher* trio — all three (poire / merlan / araignée) are French-butchery boucher's-secret cuts traditionally kept by the butcher.

Poireapproximate

Both *morceaux du boucher* — small premium muscles on the round, traditionally kept by French butchers. Araignée is the spider-shaped muscle on the rear thigh; poire is the pear-shaped muscle on the inside thigh. Different muscles, same cultural-identity category.

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