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Ingredient 32Meat & protein
Ingredient 32 · Meat & protein
Beef shin
The lower leg, sold as cross-cut slices with the marrow bone in the centre. A thick sheath of connective tissue surrounds the muscle. After a long braise it turns to gelatin, and the marrow melts into the liquid.
Item no. 32
Aisle Meat & protein
Usual unit slice
Recipes 1
Also called
beef shankshinshankBeinscheibeosso buco cut
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South African Pepper Steak Pie
Oxtail, short rib and shin, braised in merlot and set in their own gelatin, in a sealed puff pastry case.
South African · First revision · 23 SEP 2026