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Picanha suína substitutes

Picanha suína 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 Picanha suína that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.

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Brazil

Picanhaapproximate

Same conceptual cut on a different animal — both are the rump cap with fat cap preserved, both are grilled with the fat-side-down rendering technique. Picanha suína is the pork-side adaptation of the iconic beef cut.

United Kingdom

Leg of porkapproximate

Same anatomical primal — picanha suína is butchered from the upper rump end of the pork leg, keeping the fat cap. Most leg-of-pork butchery trims the cap; the picanha cut deliberately preserves it.

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