SPREAD THE WORD

Meaning butter in te reo, Pata is a range of spreadable pastes with flavour and texture that make them perfect to add to foods and create excellent wine-pairing opportunities. Wine pairing is mostly about pairing the strongest ingredient on the plate or using a specific ingredient to create a pairing. The Original and Sweet Pata can do this seamlessly. Made from stoneground organic hemp seeds, the flavour is nutty and earthy with the texture of whipped peanut butter and the benefit of also being rather healthy. It is best used as a topping or to replace ingredients some readers may be allergic to like hummus or peanuts in sauces. Full-bodied oaky chardonnay or syrah can be ideal wine matches. tophemp.co.nz