Every month San José will be releasing easy and delicious recipes that showcase our amazing produce. Black Chorizo is a traditional Portuguese style blood sausage, available for sale individually at San José. Feed a crowd with this Black Chorizo, Chicken and Broad Bean Paella!
“This is no ordinary salami,” says Jose Coutinho. He takes a thick fermented sausage in one of his hands, a keen boning knife in the other. “It is ventricina,” he says. “It is made from hand-cut pork belly folded through red pepper paste in the traditional Abruzzese method.” He holds a thin slice to the […]
Jose, and partner Pas Marchi, are behind the boutique SA smallgoods label, San Jose, based at Elizabeth. The couple are about to take some serious steps into the retail frontline, but insist the aim is to stay small and provide a top quality gourmet product. Surprisingly, despite the wide reach of their products and the […]
The aroma of artisan prosciutto will lure you to the counter of San Jose Smallgoods, where you’ll meet Jose Coutinho and and Pascaline Marchi. Their multi-award winning, artisan Jamon is produced from free range Berkshire black pigs (sows) and handcrafted following old traditional methods. It is aged on the bone and has a moist, delicate […]
Royal Melbourne Fine Food Champion Smallgoods – San José San José are proud to announce that they have held their title, for the third year in a row ‘Champion Smallgoods’ producer at theesteemed Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards.
San José Smallgoods was founded in 2006 by José Coutinho, who has over 30 years of experience in producing artisan salumi. Originally from Portugal, Jose migrated to Australia at the age of 18 and would work for 17 years as a Salumi Production Manager before setting out on a life-long dream of owning his own […]