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Bresaola

Bresaola substitutes

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

Bresaola is the traditional name in Italy. 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.

United Kingdom

Topsideapproximate

Adjacent muscle group; some bresaola variants use punta d'anca (the top of the round).

United States

Eye of roundclose substitute

Same anatomical cut — bresaola is the cured product made from the eye of round (girello/magatello) or adjacent inside-round muscles.

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