Beef

Top Round Side Muscle

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Description

The top round is the upper inner thigh of the animal. It is made up of five muscles, the semimembranosus, the adductor, the gracilis, the pectineus, and the sartorius. This steak isolates the pectineus muscle from the rest of the top round. This is a popular cut in france known as la poire steak or the pear steak.

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