Eye of Round Roast. Whole, 3.5kg (7 1/2 pounds) with side fat still on © Denzil Green An Eye of Round Roast is a boneless beef roast. A whole one can weigh up to 8 pounds (3 1/2 kg), though butchers will often cut that in half for sale. It is a lean cut of…
Round Roasts
Heel of Round Pot Roast
The “heel” in the name doesn’t refer to the heel of the cow, but rather to the end of the Round area before the shank (leg) area begins. It is a pretty tough cut and always needs to be treated as such. It is often used to make ground beef. Heel of Round’s redeeming factor…
Round Roasts
These are lean roasts cut from the Round area (see main entry for “Beef Round.”) The higher up on the Round area they are cut from, the more tender they will be. But tender is a very relative word here. These are tough cuts of meat. Some people say you can get away with dry…