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Remove yellow gristle (backstrap).
For this product the spider muscle (Serratus ventralis) must be matured for a minimum of 14 days.
This steak is prepared from a single muscle out of the chuck. Succulent and full of flavour.
1
Remove yellow gristle (backstrap).
2
Follow the natural seam of the top muscles of the chuck roll starting with the chuck eye remove the crest muscle (Rhomboideus).
3
Spider Muscle (Serratus ventralis).
4
Discoloured tissue, gristle and excess fat is to be removed from the spider muscle (Serratus ventralis).
5
Remove the thin part on both sides of the muscle.
6
Cut the remainder of the muscle across the grain into steaks of required weight/thickness.
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Denver Steak.