Bondiola substitutes

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

Bondiola is the traditional name in Argentina. Outside that tradition, butchers carry comparable pork 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.

United Kingdom

Pork neckapproximate

Adjacent and partially overlapping anatomy — bondiola sits between the upper shoulder and the neck/collar. Pork neck (échine / coppa di maiale) is the more strictly neck-and-collar cut; bondiola extends slightly further down into the shoulder.

United States

Boston buttclose substitute

Same anatomical primal — Boston butt and bondiola both come from the upper shoulder area of the pig. Boston butt is the US slow-smoke/pulled-pork tradition; bondiola is the Argentine parrilla / Italian-charcuterie tradition. Same cut, different traditions.

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