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Galician Picanha 2.4Kg Reviews

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WHAT IS GALICIAN PICANHA? Also known as rump cap, our Galician Picanha is inspired by Brazilian and Argentinian butchery where the rump cap is one of the most sought-after meat joints. A British butcher would soon turn the rump cap into rump steaks with little fat covering. In South America it's a different story, where the thick fat covering the joint is left on, to offer a supreme flavour. Our Picanha comes from retired Frisona dairy cows between 6 and 8 years old. This type of ageing allows more natural grass-fed marbling of the beef so that its comparable to the marbling of genetically optimised grain-fed US, Japanese and generic Wagyu beef. These older cows are chubbier animals, have a higher percentage fat content and as such have more marbling, giving these beef steaks a distinct and unique flavour. Our Galician Picanha joints are all dry-aged for up to 20 days to concentrate the flavour and ensure melting tenderness. HOW TO COOK A GALICIAN PICANHA JOINT? An outstanding all year-round Galician meat joint, when cooked correctly - either in the oven or on the BBQ - the Picanha Joint has no match for flavour. Be sure to massage the joint with flakes of sea salt and plenty of cracked black pepper, before placing on the BBQ or in the oven to reach a minimum temperature of 56°C. This Brazilian favourite is sublime served with Chimichurri Sauce. HOW WILL I RECEIVE MY GALICIAN STEAK? You will receive one frozen Galician Picanha vac pac delivered on ice pads. If you are not using the joint straight away, store in the freezer. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE SOURCE THIS PRODUCT IN VARIABLE WEIGHT PACKS, SO EXPECT A WEIGHT VARIATION OF APPROXIMATELY 200G +/- ON YOUR GALICIAN PICANHA.

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Alison Tunney
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This is what beef should taste like. Every scrap was used. The fat rendered down to make amazing roast potatoes, the crisp bits of fat left were eaten as snacks before they were cold. The beef on the day was tender, then thinly sliced for salad/sandwiches the next. The only disgruntled one was the dog...nothing left for him.
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Posted 1 year ago
Igor Ledo Lizarraga
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I am from Spain, I know Galician beef, I know how to cook it the way it should be and we were all very disappointed with this picanha which was supposed to be the highlight of our new years eve dinner party. First of all I have to say the beef looked great, good smell and colour. I removed the excess fat and made a nice beef tallow which I used for roast potatoes. I cut the picanha into steaks and sous vide them to 53C for for medium rare then finished off on the BBQ for a nice sear. When slicing for portions they looked pink perfect and smelled great. The meat was chewy, every single slice was almost unedible from both steaks (approx 500gr each) which were cut against the grain for serving. All my guests commented the same, good flavour but very tough. I also ordered the suckling ping quarter and croquetas de jamon which were on point. All in all I think I must have gotten a bad cut however I was expecting much better tenderness for the price and from Basco.
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Posted 1 year ago
Naomi Askins
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Great value for money. Put in the freezer for Christmas - excited to eat it!
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Posted 1 year ago
Andrew Bailey
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Bought 2 on offer. One cooked straight away in oven which had a huge layer of fat. Took longer than I expected to cook to a beautiful rare succulent tasty beef joint. Worth every penny for the amount we got out of it. Can't include a picture but I will say there was a lot more fat than I expected which we used as it melted off to make the roast potatoes. Lovely, and we still have loads.
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Posted 1 year ago
Outstanding. The age and ageing of the beef are both spot on, and the quality/flavour is next level.
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Posted 1 year ago
Excellent as always
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Posted 1 year ago
I bought this for a special dinner with friends, served rare, unbeatable flavour…needless to say it went down very well!!t
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Posted 1 year ago
Neil Manders
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Perfect cooked on big green egg, temperature to 52 degrees, succulent with an amazing depth of flavour
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Posted 2 years ago