🇪🇸 Spain · Approximate
Secreto ibérico
Ibérico secreto steaks (3 lb)
Pluma ibérica is the traditional name in Spain. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.
Substitutes for Pluma ibérica that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.
🇪🇸 Spain · Approximate
Ibérico secreto steaks (3 lb)
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Both are Iberian-pork specialty cuts from the loin region of *Cerdo Ibérico*; cooked the same way (high heat, quick sear). Pluma is the fan-shaped end of the loin, lagarto is the long thin strip alongside the ribs.
The three premium Iberian pork cuts (secreto, pluma, presa) all come from the front half of the pig and share the heavy marbling characteristic of the Iberian breed.
Both are premium Iberian pork cuts from the front of the animal — secreto is from the rib area between shoulder and loin, pluma is from the loin end near the head.