Beef cut: where it is, price, recipes

Fore shank

All sinew, collagen and a marrow bone in the middle: the reason a good broth sets in the fridge. Sawn into rounds, the same piece is osso buco.

$6/ lb

Marguerite · Shank

In French: Jarret avant
US side: Shank
Around the world: Ossobuco (Italy)
Where it sits: Shank. Shank sliced across the bone becomes ossobuco, and the marrow is the prize.
Tenderness: 1/5
Flavor: 5/5
Marbling: 2/5
Price: $6 / lb ·
Actual size: ~30 cm