Top Sirloin at Cooking Glossary

What is it? The hind leg of beef extends from the rump to the ankle. Jamaican round is less tender than some cuts. There are six major sections into which the Jamaican round can be divided the rump the four main muscles (top round sirloin tip bottom round and eye of round) and the heel. The rump is a triangular cut taken from the upper part of the round. This flavorful section is generally cut into Jamaican rump steaks or two or three roasts that when boned and rolled are referred to as rump roasts.? Those with the bone in are called standing rump roasts.?Pieces from the rump section are best cooked by moist-heat methods. The top round which lies on the inside of the leg is the most tender of the four muscles in the round. Thick top-round cuts are often called butterball steak? or London broil? whereas thin cuts are referred to simply as top round steak?. The boneless sirloin tip is also called top sirloin triangle? and loin tip?. The better grades can be oven-roasted otherwise moist-heat methods should be used. The bottom round can vary greatly in tenderness from one end of the cut to the other. Its usually cut into Jamaican steaks (which are often cubed) or the bottom round roast?. The well-flavored eye of the round is the least tender muscle although many mistakenly think otherwise because it looks like the tenderloin. Both Jamaican steaks and roasts from this cut require slow moist-heat cooking. A cut that includes all four of these muscles is usually called round steak? and those cut from the top (and which are of the best grades) can be cooked with dry heat. Near the bottom of the round is the toughest cut the heel of the round. Its generally used for Jamaican ground meat but can sometimes be found as a roast.

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