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Beef cut: where it is, price, recipes

Eye of round

An almost perfectly cylindrical, nearly fat-free muscle. It is stew meat, tartare meat, and the best candidate on the animal for air-drying: bresaola and bündnerfleisch both come from here.

  • Braised
  • Stewed
  • Raw
Marguerite in profile, with the Eye of round outlined$7/ lb
Marguerite · Round
In French
Rond de gîte
US side
Eye of round
Where it sits
Round. Poire, merlan, araignée: three grilling gems hidden in the round, rare because they are small.
Tenderness
2/5
Flavor
3/5
Marbling
1/5
Price
$7 / lb ·
Actual size
~25 cm

Compared with its neighbors

Compared with Silverside / bottom round, Eye of round is milder (3/5 vs 4/5) and costs $1 a pound less.

CutTendernessFlavorMarblingPriceHow to cook it
Eye of round2/53/51/5$7 / lbBraised, Stewed, Raw
Silverside / bottom round2/54/51/5$8 / lbBraised, Roasted, Stewed

Recipes that name the Eye of round

Eye of round roast beef sandwich with horseradish mayoPepper-crusted eye of round roast with rich pan sauceArtisanal beef eye of round bresaolaClassic hand-cut eye of round carpaccio