Entrecôte
In French, entrecôte (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃.tʁə.kot]) is a premium cut of beef used for steaks and roasts.
Delmonico
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The muscle group concerned is the longissimus dorsi, which runs down the back of the animal adjacent to the vertebrae and above the rib cage, and continues into the hind quarter. Once past the rib cage into the area adjacent to the lumbar vertebrae, this muscle group is no longer called an "entrecôte"—at that point it becomes a
sirloin
/strip steak (UK/N.Am, respectively), or a contre-filet in French.
Images
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Localisation of ribs and the entrecôte -
A grilled entrecote with french fries
See also
Look up entrecôte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Cuts of beef by nation
- Entrecôte Café de Paris
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Entrecôte.
- ^ "entrecôte". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- ^ Danilo Alfaro (2019-07-15). "What Is Entrecôte?".