What is Hesse?
Quick Answer
Hesse is a regional beef-cut name for the hind shank, on the shank primal (Rear leg, below the knee joint).
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What is Hesse in simple terms?
What is Hesse called in the United States?
US retail labels for hind shank appear in the names-by-country section; common forms include the mapped English terms listed there.
Where is Hesse on the cow?
Is Hesse steak?
It is a beef muscle sold as steak or roast depending on thickness and market—still hind shank anatomically.
Is Hesse the same as Fore Shank?
How do I translate Hesse for travel?
What is another name for Hesse?
“Hesse” is a regional beef-cut name that maps to the canonical cut Hind Shank (shank primal).
Use the names-by-country section below when shopping or ordering abroad.
Global cut guide
Where it comes from
Cross-cut sections of the rear leg bone with surrounding meat. Extremely tough and collagen-rich — produces deeply flavored broth when braised. Classic osso buco cut. One of the most universal braising cuts worldwide. It is part of the shank primal (Rear leg, below the knee joint).
In menus and butcher shops it is often discussed next to Fore Shank, and Oxtail.
What it's called in other countries
- Albania: kyç
- Andhra Pradesh: nalukaya · nalli emuka
- Argentina: Garrón
- Australia: hind shank
- Austria: wadschinken
- Belarus: halyonka
- Belgium: jarret
- Bolivia: ossobuco bo
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: kolerica
- Brazil: Músculo
- Bulgaria: джолан
- Canada: Shank
- Chile: Osobuco de pierna
- China: niujian china
- Colombia: Lagarto
- Costa Rica: jarret
- Croatia: koljenica
- Czech Republic: kližka
- Denmark: Skank
- Ecuador: ossobuco ec
- Egypt: moza
- El Salvador: chamberete
- Estonia: koot
- Ethiopia: nala
- Finland: potka
- France: Jarret arrière
- Germany: Hesse
- Goa: shin goa
- Greece: ποντίκι
- Guatemala: camote
- Honduras: jarret
- Hungary: lábszár
- Indonesia: sengkel
- Iran: mahicheh
- Ireland: shin
- Israel: שריר אחורי
- Italy: Geretto
- Japan: sune
- Karnataka: machhli ka · nalli ka
- Kazakhstan: zhilik
- Kenya: nali · nyama ya mifupa
- Kerala: kaal kl · kootu beef · urat
- Latvia: stilbs
- Lithuania: karkas
- Maharashtra: machhli mh
- Malaysia: daging betis
- Mexico: Chambarete de pata
- Montenegro: koljenica
- Morocco: al-mellaj
- Netherlands: Schenkel
- New Zealand: hind shank
- Nicaragua: jarrete
- Nigeria: shin · eran egun
- North Macedonia: коленица
- Norway: skank
- Panama: jarret
- Paraguay: hind shank
- Peru: ossobuco
- Philippines: kenchi · bulalo cut
- Poland: pręga
- Portugal: Chambão
- Qatar: moza qa
- Romania: rasol
- Russia: голяшка задняя · голяшка
- Saudi Arabia: moza sa
- Singapore: shin
- Slovakia: glejovka
- Slovenia: goleno
- South Africa: potjiekos cut
- South Korea: satae · guk-gori
- Spain: hind shank
- Sweden: lägg
- Switzerland: haxe
- Taiwan: niujian
- Tamil Nadu: kaal tn · elumbu kari
- Telangana: machhli tg · nalli tg · haleem cut
- Thailand: nong · nuea pueay
- Turkey: incik
- UAE: moza uae
- Ukraine: гомілка задня · гомілка
- United Kingdom: Shin
- United States: Hind shank · Osso buco
- Uruguay: Garrón
- Uzbekistan: oshiq
- Venezuela: lagarto con hueso
- Vietnam: bap bo
Cooking methods
Typical methods include high-heat searing or grilling for steaks, resting before slicing, and cutting across the grain when the muscle is fibrous. Because this cut sits on the shank primal (Rear leg, below the knee joint), adjust time and temperature to thickness and marbling.
Translations across countries
- Albania → Andhra Pradesh (kyç)
- Albania → Argentina (kyç)
- Albania → Australia (kyç)
- Albania → Austria (kyç)
- Albania → Belarus (kyç)
- Albania → Belgium (kyç)
- Albania → Bolivia (kyç)
- Albania → Bosnia & Herzegovina (kyç)
- Albania → Brazil (kyç)
- Albania → Bulgaria (kyç)
- Albania → Canada (kyç)
- Albania → Chile (kyç)
- Albania → China (kyç)
- Albania → Colombia (kyç)
- Albania → Costa Rica (kyç)
- Albania → Croatia (kyç)
- Albania → Czech Republic (kyç)
- Albania → Denmark (kyç)
- Albania → Ecuador (kyç)
- Albania → Egypt (kyç)
- Albania → El Salvador (kyç)
- Albania → Estonia (kyç)
- Albania → Ethiopia (kyç)
- Albania → Finland (kyç)
- Albania → France (kyç)
- Albania → Germany (kyç)
- Albania → Goa (kyç)
- Albania → Greece (kyç)
- Albania → Guatemala (kyç)
- Albania → Honduras (kyç)
- Albania → Hungary (kyç)
- Albania → Indonesia (kyç)
- Albania → Iran (kyç)
- Albania → Ireland (kyç)
- Albania → Israel (kyç)
- Albania → Italy (kyç)
- Albania → Japan (kyç)
- Albania → Karnataka (kyç)
- Albania → Kazakhstan (kyç)
- Albania → Kenya (kyç)
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