What is macreuse?
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What is macreuse?
Where does macreuse come from on the cow?
“macreuse” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to these canonical cuts: Chuck Blade, Shoulder Clod.
This retail name can point to more than one canonical cut in our dataset—see the canonical guides below.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Chuck Blade: From the shoulder blade (scapula) area. Contains the blade bone and connective tissue that melts during braising. Classic pot roast cut. Cross-rib roast is cut from this area. (chuck, Shoulder blade area, above the arm). Shoulder Clod: A large, lean muscle group from the outer shoulder. Contains the flat iron (infraspinatus) and petite tender (teres major) as sub-cuts. Often sold as shoulder roast or clod steaks. (chuck, Upper shoulder, above the arm and outside the blade).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Chuck Roll, and Shoulder Clod.
What it's called in other countries
- Afghanistan: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Albania: shpatull · shoulder clod
- Andhra Pradesh: bhujam mamsam · shoulder clod
- Angola: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Argentina: Bife de paleta · Marucha
- Australia: blade · bolar blade · shoulder clod
- Austria: schulterscherzl · dickes bugstück
- Bangladesh: kaand · kalo bhuna cut · shoulder clod
- Belarus: lapatka · shoulder clod
- Belgium: collet · shoulder clod
- Belize: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Bhutan: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Bolivia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: lopatka · shoulder clod
- Botswana: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Brazil: cupim · Paleta
- Bulgaria: pleshka · shoulder clod
- Burkina Faso: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Cameroon: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Canada: Blade roast · Shoulder clod
- Central India: dasti central · shoulder clod
- Chad: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Chile: Asado carnicero · Punta paleta
- China: shi bing · shoulder clod
- Coastal-Colonial India (Pondicherry & Daman): chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Colombia: Paletero · Tablón
- Costa Rica: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Côte d'Ivoire: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Croatia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Cuba: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Czech Republic: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Denmark: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Dominican Republic: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- DR Congo: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Ecuador: paleta · shoulder clod
- Egypt: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- El Salvador: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Estonia: abatükk · shoulder clod
- Ethiopia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Finland: lapa · shoulder clod
- France: macreuse · Macreuse · Paleron
- Germany: chuck blade · Dickes Bugstück
- Goa: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Greece: laimos · shoulder clod
- Guatemala: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Guyana: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Haiti: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand: dasti himachal · dasti uttarakhand · shoulder clod
- Honduras: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Hungary: lapocka · shoulder clod
- Indian Islands (Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep): dasti andaman · shoulder clod
- Indonesia: paha depan · shoulder clod
- Iran: sar-dast · shoulder clod
- Ireland: braising steak · shoulder clod
- Israel: chuck blade · tzli katef
- Italy: chuck blade · Fesone di spalla
- Jamaica: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Jammu & Kashmir: dasti jk · shoulder clod
- Japan: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Karnataka: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Kazakhstan: zhauyryn · shoulder clod
- Kenya: bega · shoulder clod
- Kerala: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Ladakh: dasti ladakh · shoulder clod
- Latvia: lāpstiņa · shoulder clod
- Lithuania: mentė · shoulder clod
- Maharashtra: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Malaysia: daging bahu · shoulder clod
- Mali: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Manipur: dasti manipur · shoulder clod
- Meghalaya: dasti meghalaya · shoulder clod
- Mexico: Diezmillo (context) · Paleta
- Mongolia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Montenegro: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Morocco: al-ketf · shoulder clod
- Mozambique: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Myanmar: sibyan curry cut · shoulder clod
- Nagaland: dasti naga · shoulder clod
- Namibia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Nepal: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Netherlands: chuck blade · Bloemstuk
- New Zealand: blade nz · bolar blade nz · shoulder clod
- Nicaragua: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Niger: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Nigeria: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- North Macedonia: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Northeast India (Other States): chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Norway: bogstek · bog
- Pakistan: dasti pk · shoulder clod
- Panama: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Paraguay: chuck blade · paleta
- Peru: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Philippines: paypay · shoulder clod
- Poland: łopatka · shoulder clod
- Portugal: Cachaço · shoulder clod
- Puerto Rico: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Punjab: dasti pb · shoulder clod
- Qatar: ketf qa · shoulder clod
- Quebec: macreuse · chuck blade
- Rajasthan: dasti rj · shoulder clod
- Romania: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Russia: lopatka · plechevaya chast
- Saudi Arabia: ketf sa · shoulder clod
- Senegal: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Sikkim: dasti sikkim · shoulder clod
- Singapore: chuck tender · shoulder clod
- Slovakia: lopatka · shoulder clod
- Slovenia: lopatka · shoulder clod
- South Africa: blade sa · shoulder clod
- South Korea: mok-sal · shoulder clod
- Spain: carne para guisar · espalda
- Sri Lanka: dalla sri lanka · shoulder clod
- Sudan: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Suriname: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Sweden: bogblad · shoulder clod
- Switzerland: schulterblatt · shoulder clod
- Taiwan: jian jia rou · shoulder clod
- Tamil Nadu: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Tanzania: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Telangana: dasti · shoulder clod
- Thailand: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Trinidad & Tobago: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Turkey: kol · shoulder clod
- UAE: chuck uae · shoulder clod
- Uganda: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Ukraine: lopatka · plechova chastyna
- United Kingdom: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- United States: Chuck roast · Blade roast · Shoulder clod · Shoulder roast
- Uruguay: Bife de paleta · Marucha
- Uttar Pradesh: dasti up · shoulder clod
- Uzbekistan: kurak · shoulder clod
- Venezuela: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- Vietnam: chuck blade · shoulder clod
- West Bengal: kaand wb · kolkata biryani cut · shoulder clod
- Zimbabwe: chuck blade · shoulder clod
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the chuck primal (Shoulder blade area, above the arm), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Albania → Afghanistan (shpatull)
- Albania → Andhra Pradesh (shpatull)
- Albania → Angola (shpatull)
- Albania → Argentina (shpatull)
- Albania → Australia (shpatull)
- Albania → Austria (shpatull)
- Albania → Bangladesh (shpatull)
- Albania → Belarus (shpatull)
- Albania → Belgium (shpatull)
- Albania → Belize (shpatull)
- Albania → Bhutan (shpatull)
- Albania → Bolivia (shpatull)
- Albania → Bosnia & Herzegovina (shpatull)
- Albania → Botswana (shpatull)
- Albania → Brazil (shpatull)
- Albania → Bulgaria (shpatull)
- Albania → Burkina Faso (shpatull)
- Albania → Cameroon (shpatull)
- Albania → Canada (shpatull)
- Albania → Chad (shpatull)
- Albania → Chile (shpatull)
- Albania → China (shpatull)
- Albania → Colombia (shpatull)
- Albania → Costa Rica (shpatull)
- Albania → Côte d'Ivoire (shpatull)
- Albania → Croatia (shpatull)
- Albania → Cuba (shpatull)
- Albania → Czech Republic (shpatull)
- Albania → Denmark (shpatull)
- Albania → Dominican Republic (shpatull)
- Albania → DR Congo (shpatull)
- Albania → Ecuador (shpatull)
- Albania → Egypt (shpatull)
- Albania → El Salvador (shpatull)
- Albania → Estonia (shpatull)
- Albania → Ethiopia (shpatull)
- Albania → Finland (shpatull)
- Albania → France (shpatull)
- Albania → Germany (shpatull)
- Albania → Goa (shpatull)
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