Back
In this piece it is usually distinguished, in the Spanish cutting, the lid and the low back. Provides soft, juicy and nervous flesh. It is suitable for steaks and for whole oven-roasting.
Babilla
It's fat-free meat, poor in tegumentous tissues and nerves. Very suitable for slow cooking stews.
Hip or rum-steack
Small piece located next to the top of the chin. Excellent for doves and slow cooking stews, such as gulasch and ragú.
Against
The upper back of the thigh, which in turn can be divided into round (4th) and against the front (4b).
Round
Young animals are cut into pieces that are used for oven or grilled roasts, or for marinated marinades and meats.
Against the front
It is a very soft meat that is cut into steak. It is suitable for slow cooking stews or stews and is generally also used in the preparation of broths.
False babilla
It provides a rather tender meat, with a reduced proportion of fat fibers. It is excellent for tartar steak and also for roasts and rounds.
Morcillo
It's equivalent to the lower and front of the con. it is a very suitable meat for broths and soups.
Beef tail
Its flesh is strong and gelatinous. The top and thicker tail can be used for the famous oxtail stew.
Rosbif
It is the most suitable part of the loin for roast beef, and especially suitable for steaks.
Sirloin
The ox fillet can be roasted whole or broken into pieces, From the head can <> </>be made ordinary fillets and the central part intended for .
Chops
From this part are taken the chops, the entrescrodo, the double entrecote and meat for roasts.
Slap or high back
Rib meat is mainly used for stews and stews, but can also be roasted, grilled or baked.
Needle
Very juicy meat, suitable to be roasted but also good for gulasch and ragu.
Neck
The highest part of the needle, good for slow cooking stews, gulaschs and ragouts. It is optimal, especially for all kinds of stews.
Shoulder
A good piece of meat very suitable to be adobado and also to prepare round and stewed.
Level
It is part, along with the backbone (12) and the Gansillo (12b), of what we generically consider the pallet.
Gansillo
It has a filet-like shape, to which it owes its name, but its flesh is more fibrous than that of the real steak. It is used for potajes, stews and skewers.
Morcillo
It's an excellent meat for soups. It is usually found on the market cut into slices. It is used for the famous ossobuco.
Chest
It is sold with chopped bone and is used for stews and stews.
Front skirt
It is sold raw and in the form of cecina or marinade. In both cases it goes very well for stews and stews.
Skirt or middle
He's got less bone than the other parts of his chest. It is used as meat for soups and potajes.
Low or back back slap
It is the rib cage of the ox and offers only bone-in meat, which corresponds to the lower front of the ribs.
Beef skirt
It can be found with bone and boneless. In this last form it is used for gulaschs and stews in general.