Tortuguita is the traditional name in Argentina. 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.
Same general anatomical region (outside-rear-leg muscle group). Tortuguita is a smaller curved muscle within the broader silverside / contra group; both are slow-cook cuts.
Anatomically adjacent — tortuguita is on the upper rear leg, osso buco is the cross-cut shank below it. Both are slow-cook working muscles with significant connective tissue.
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