{"product_id":"tjb-special-edition-sakura-beef-picanha-gruppo-galli","title":"*TJB Special Edition* Sakura Beef Picanha | Gruppo Galli","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSakura Beef Picanha | TJB Special Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is genuinely different — and we've been chasing it for a while. Sakura Beef from Gruppo Galli has a cult following across Italy and Spain and is almost never seen on a UK counter. We've secured a small allocation of picanha and it looks superb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat makes Sakura different\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSakura Beef is the flagship selection of Gruppo Galli, built on an idea we love: forget the breed, judge the beef. Rather than chasing a single pedigree, Fabio Galli hand-selects carcasses from non-intensive European dairy herds — Angus, Simmental, Fassona, Rubia Gallega, Hereford, Wagyu — where the animals have genuine freedom to graze and are given the time to lay down fat properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery selection is then graded against the Japanese marbling scale, the same reference used for Wagyu and Kobe. The Sakura line sits at 3–6 on that scale. It's a level of intramuscular fat you simply don't find in commodity European beef, and it eats accordingly — deeply savoury and juicy, rich but never heavy or cloying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name is Galli's own: \u003cem\u003esakura\u003c\/em\u003e, the cherry blossom, chosen because that's exactly what the marbling looks like blooming through the muscle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe cut\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicanha — rump cap, or \u003cem\u003ecodone\u003c\/em\u003e in Italy — is the triangular muscle sitting on top of the rump, capped with a centimetre of firm creamy fat. It is, for our money, the single best value cut in the whole animal: the flavour of a rump with a tenderness closer to sirloin, and that fat cap does all the work for you. Brazil built an entire culinary tradition on it for good reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe supply it whole with the fat cap on and untrimmed, exactly as it should be. Don't trim it — that fat is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow we'd cook it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhole, over fire.\u003c\/strong\u003e Score the fat cap in a diamond pattern, salt it heavily with coarse rock salt an hour ahead. Fat-side down over indirect heat to render, then finish hot and direct. Pull at 50–52°C for medium rare.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrazilian-style.\u003c\/strong\u003e Slice into thick C-shaped steaks against the grain, bend each one over a skewer fat-side out, and grill over embers. Carve slices off as the outside caramelises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePan.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fat cap down in a cold, dry pan. Bring the heat up slowly and let the fat render out and crisp before you touch the meat sides.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRest for at least ten minutes. Always slice against the grain — the fibres in a picanha are coarse and visible, so it's easy to see which way to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSakura Beef selection, Gruppo Galli — marbling 3–6 on the Japanese scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNon-intensive, free-grazing European dairy herds; EC certified throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhole rump cap, fat cap on, untrimmed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut fresh to order by our master butchers and vacuum sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrictly limited allocation — once this drop is gone, it's gone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* All Bespoke Page products must be booked in for delivery within 7 days of the edition being live. Any dates selected after this will be sent frozen *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Joseph Butchery","offers":[{"title":"Picanha - 400g","offer_id":57252543988092,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Picanha - 1kg","offer_id":57252544020860,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Picanha - Whole Piece (2-2.4kg)","offer_id":57252544053628,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0100\/3244\/7569\/files\/FullSizeRender_0b26a58d-68d1-4cd3-9cca-873458855ea0.heic?v=1785937821","url":"https:\/\/thomasjosephbutchery.co.uk\/products\/tjb-special-edition-sakura-beef-picanha-gruppo-galli","provider":"Thomas Joseph Butchery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}