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TENDERLOIN STEAK [5 records]

Record 1 2018-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

A large steak cut from the thick end of the short loin and containing a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Morceau de la carcasse de bœuf correspondant à la région du rein et de la croupe.

OBS

Dans la découpe des viandes, l'aloyau est un morceau de demi-gras. Il renferme le filet, le contre-filet et le romsteck.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

[A] small steak from the thin end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and a small piece of tenderloin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
OBS

aloyau : Région lombaire du bœuf, s'étendant de l'avant-dernière côte à la partie antérieure du bassin, renfermant le filet, le romsteck et le contre-filet.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

A large steak cut from the thick end of the short loin to contain a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin.

CONT

Porterhouse steaks are cut from the rear end of the short loin and thus include more tenderloin steak, along with(on the other side of the bone) a large strip steak.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
CONT

Aloyau, gros filet : la partie de la longe courte qui est séparée de l'aloyau par une coupe franche qui passe immédiatement [devant (antérieure à)] la pointe du muscle fessier moyen (gluteus medius) et plus ou moins à travers le centre du corps de la [quatrième] vertèbre lombaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

The tenderest part of a loin of beef, pork, etc., located under the short ribs and consisting of the psoas muscle.

CONT

Tenderloin medallion.

OBS

The fillet is subdivided into the butt tenderloin and the remainder(which then becomes the short tenderloin), comprising the tenderloin centre cut and the tenderloin tip. Any slice taken from the fillet of beef counts as a "fillet steak. ""Filet mignon" is specifically a cooking term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Morceau de viande, partie charnue et tendre qu'on lève le long de l'épine dorsale de quelques animaux.

OBS

On subdivise le filet en séparant la tête (butt tenderloin) du reste (qui devient alors du filet raccourci), comprenant le milieu de filet et la queue de filet. Toute tranche prélevée sur le filet de bœuf est du «bifteck de filet». Le terme «filet mignon» est réservé à la cuisine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
DEF

Capa muscular que se extiende por entre las costillas y el lomo [en los animales de matadero].

PHR

Medallones de solomillo.

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Record 5 2007-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

A steak cut from the beef tenderloin, which is a long tapered muscle located near the spine between the rib section and the sirloin [and which] is a boneless cut one to two inches thick, very lean with little marbeling, quite tender in texture, and often very expensive.

OBS

In the United States, the Filet Mignon is usually cut from the large end of the tenderloin, between the center section(chateaubriand) and the butt end of the tenderloin. For French chefs, the Filet Mignon often refers to a steak cut from the small end of the tenderloin near the 13th rib.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Pièce de boucherie détaillée à la pointe du filet.

Spanish

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