Rubia Gallega: Australia Has a New Premium Beef That’s More Tender Than Wagyu, Extremely Rare, and Available In Only One Restaurant
Its meat is twice the size of an Angus, and marbled like Wagyu, with an earthy, nutty flavour. You’ll find it in one restaurant in the country, and even then only very occasionally.
The first time Hunter St Hospitality culinary director and Rockpool Bar & Grill executive chef Corey Costelloe saw a Rubia Gallega carcass he was shocked at the size. “It was very striking – almost double the size of any other animal we have – like something from The Flintstones,” he says.
“To put it into perspective, a ready-to-butcher Angus is 350 kilograms. A Wagyu is much bigger; it’s 450 kilograms. The Rubia Gallega is 735 kilograms. Our butcher is a 40-year veteran and he said he’s never seen anything like it.”
