Silverside Heel

Sorry for my absence, folk, but I had some issues to handle
Anyways, a couple of friends that are not able to do barbecue but are very interested in the matter, asked to me about "pepper stout beef"
well.. I think that the best way to understand a meat is to taste it, so...
on friday evening I've been at my favourite butcher shop, asking for the right beef cut. In Italy is called "reale" but I'm not sure if the right translation is "beef plate"
anyways, the butcher didn't had that cut. :shocked:
Ok, I explained what I'd like to do and what is supposed to be the final result, asking for a cut that has similar features
"Try this one" said the butcher, proposing the "campanello" that should be transalted as Silverside Heel

So I did....

The preparation of the meat was as per "standard" Pepper Stout beef, with a salt'n'pepper rub, smoked for a couple of hours (until 130 F) and then lied on onion and pepper sliced and a couple of bottles of dark beer with a Texas crutch

Result, in my opinion, was fantastic. Maybe better that using the classical cut
Strongly suggested :thumb:

I have to say that worked very well
we were in 6, including 2 kids of less than 10 years. We ate 3.5 pounds of meat...
and we had some cheese and italian salami as starters, beer, bread and sweets

Actually, there are a lot of problems to "translate" between italian cuts and USA cuts. Beside the name, the cut itself can be different and sometimes changes also between one region and the other.
I bought some pork ribs a couple of months ago in Slovenja and the cut was different compared the one I'm used to cook (they had a large part of belly)
anyways, the "campanello" that I translate as Silverside Heel, should be this one:

THoey1963 said:

Interesting. From Smitty's chart, PSB is normally made from the fore shoulder, and what you cooked was from the rear lower leg. Either way, it looks pretty good!

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Yep.
in facts, I was a bit surprised when my butcher proposed to me this cut
He said that the consistency of the meat is quite similar to the one used for PSB