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Jumeau

Jumeau substitutes

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

Jumeau 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.

France

Paleronapproximate

Adjacent shoulder/chuck cut — both are French-butchery second-category cuts from the front thigh region, both reward slow cooking.

United Kingdom

Beef neckapproximate

Anatomically adjacent — jumeau is on the front thigh near the neck, beef neck (collier) is just above. Both are slow-cook cuts with significant connective tissue.

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