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Tafelspitz is commonly used as-is in English; the closest equivalent depends on the butchery tradition.
Also called
🇮🇹Punta di scamone alla viennese🇧🇷Picanha↗
RobertK, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — Tafelspitz.jpg
The Viennese signature boiled-beef cut — anatomically the rump cap (the same muscle as Brazilian picanha), but treated in a completely different culinary tradition. Simmered slowly in beef broth with root vegetables until tender, sliced against the grain, and served with the broth, apple-horseradish, chive cream, and bone marrow on toast. A pillar of Austro-Hungarian Wiener cuisine. Reportedly the favourite dish of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
Names by country
| Country | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | Tafelspitz | German loanword used in English-speaking culinary references; descriptive 'boiled rump cap, Vienna-style' is rarely used. |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Tafelspitz | |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | Tafelspitz | |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | Tafelspitz | Sometimes 'picanha hervida a la vienesa' on Argentine menus. |
| 🇫🇷France | Tafelspitz | German loanword; sometimes 'pointe de culotte bouillie à la viennoise' on French menus. |
| 🇪🇸Spain | Tafelspitz | |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | Tafelspitz | |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | Tafelspitz | Sometimes 'picanha cozida' in Brazilian translation, though the loanword is preferred for the Viennese preparation. |
| 🇮🇹Italy | Punta di scamone alla viennese | Italian descriptive name; the German loanword 'Tafelspitz' is also used. |
| 🇩🇪Germany | Tafelspitzprimary | Austrian/German primary; literally 'table point' — refers to both the cut and the dish. |
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