Kagome Co., Ltd. 10 award-winning menus, including the Grand Prix, have been selected from the “Hiroshima Pasta” created by elementary school students in Hiroshima Prefecture! – Plans to commercialize it as a restaurant menu or side dish from next

[Kagome Co., Ltd.] 10 award-winning menus, including the Grand Prix, have been selected from the “Hiroshima Pasta” created by elementary school students in Hiroshima Prefecture! ~ Plans to commercialize it as a restaurant menu or side dish from next spring ~ ​
Kagome Co., Ltd. Press release: October 2, 2024 Ten award-winning menus, including the Grand Prix, have been selected from among the “Hiroshima Pasta” dishes created by elementary school students in Hiroshima Prefecture! – Plans to commercialize it as a restaurant menu or side dish from next spring onwards – A joint project by Kagome and West Japan Expressway SHD to enliven “Hiroshima Pasta”
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“Hiroshima Pasta” logo Kagome Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President: Satoshi Yamaguchi, Head Office: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) and West Japan Expressway Service Holdings Co., Ltd. Chugoku Branch (Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Chugoku Branch Manager: Kimitoshi Sato, hereinafter referred to as West Japan Expressway SHD), During the summer vacation season from July 1st (Monday) to August 31st (Saturday), 2024, as a joint project to enliven “Hiroshima Pasta”, we will hold a “Hiroshima Pasta” fair in NEXCO West Japan’s service area and target elementary school students. We held a recruitment project for the “Hiroshima Pasta” menu. We have selected 10 winning menus, including the Grand Prix, out of a total of 33 “Hiroshima Pasta” menu items that were submitted by elementary school students in Hiroshima Prefecture during the menu recruitment project. After being judged on items such as whether it takes advantage of the charm of Hiroshima ingredients and whether it is inventive, the Grand Prix winner was selected as the “Luxury Hiroshima Mazemaze Pasta”, which uses Hiroshima’s famous ingredients such as whitebait, gansu, and lemon. It was done. The award-winning menu is scheduled to be commercialized as restaurant menus and side dishes in the Chugoku and Shikoku areas starting next spring. The “Hiroshima Pasta” initiative is part of the “Delicious! Hiroshima” project, in which Hiroshima Prefecture communicates the appeal of food made with local
agricultural, forestry, and fishery products, not only within the prefecture but also domestically and internationally. By popularizing “Hiroshima Pasta,” we aim to communicate the appeal of Hiroshima’s specialty ingredients to everyone inside and outside the prefecture, enliven local food, and expand sales channels and consumption of prefecture-produced agricultural, forestry, and fishery products. *Sales stores will be determined at any time. Not all award-winning menus will be sold. In addition, we may arrange the award-winning menu for sale. [Award-winning menu] ■Grand Prix Menu name: Luxury Hiroshima Mazemaze Pasta Lemon, cherry tomatoes, Ondo whitebait, cancer, Hiroshima pickled vegetables (Award winners’ comments) I used my favorite cherry tomatoes and whitebait. It was easy to make by seasoning it with Ochazuke. I used ketchup as an accent and added color with perilla leaves.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/99065/222/99065-222-003cf1913e1a4ff537974fe623100cc4-781×616.jpg Grand Prix “Luxurious Hiroshima Mazemaze Pasta” ■Kagome Award Menu name: Genki Morimori Pasta Ondo chirimen (Award winners’ comments) I used chirimen that I received from a friend in Ondo. The chirimen gives it a nice flavor and goes perfectly with the tomato sauce and cheese. I added my favorite red colored ingredients. When I used thin pasta, the flavors came together well and it was delicious.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/99065/222/99065-222-c49b757d6f7611dea8f13b5a0d5f6357-485×398.jpg Kagome Award “Genki Morimori Pasta” ■Western Japan Expressway SHD Award Menu name: Cold soy milk tomato cream cappellini with whitebait and pickled Hiroshima greens Whitebait, Hiroshima pickled vegetables, Gion parsley (Award winners’ comments) I had made Hiroshima nazuke at school, so I thought I’d use it first. To enjoy the texture, I fried the whitebait with olive oil. The highlight is the whitebait, which smells like garlic. I also added parsley for a different texture and aroma. Since Gion parsley is grown in Hiroshima, I was wondering if I could use some.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/99065/222/99065-222-8e3e1db3ee7259d83ec0e78f6e0aabeb-912×636.jpg West Japan Expressway SHD Award “Cold tomato cream cappellini with whitebait and pickled Hiroshima greens” ■Agricultural products utilization award Menu name: HIROSHIMA pasta with whitebait and Hiroshima greens Whitebait, pickled Hiroshima greens ■Livestock products utilization award Menu name: Hiroshima Hawaii flower tomato pasta Lemon, komatsuna, flower sausage ■Marine products utilization award Menu name: Tomato pasta with cold sea bream sashimi Red sea bream, Remosco (R) ■Special Award Menu name: Crispy Hiroshima greens tomato cream pasta ~ Served with prosciutto ~ Pickled Hiroshima greens Menu name: Hiroshima oyster Neapolitan grilled with cheese Oysters Menu name: Pasta with a sleeping red treasure ~ served with lemon bread ~ Otakara tomato, egg, Hiroshima lemon Menu name: All Hiroshima crisp! Crispy! Tomato pasta Lemon, Hiroshima Sasayuri (R) Sangenton, Squid tempura, Komatsuna, Tomato [Project overview] ・Event name: “Perfect for free research during summer vacation! We are looking for new local menu “Hiroshima Pasta”! ~ Hiroshima pasta you think may be the menu of the shop! ? ” ・Application period: July 1st (Monday) to August 31st (Saturday), 2024 ・Target: Elementary school students living in Hiroshima Prefecture ・Application requirements: ・Use agricultural, forestry, and fishery products produced in Hiroshima Prefecture or processed foods produced in Hiroshima Prefecture ・It must be “red” tomato pasta named after Hiroshima ・Unpublished in other cooking contests, recipe collections, recipe books, the Internet, etc. ・Selected by: Kagome Co., Ltd., West Japan Expressway Service Holdings Co., Ltd. Chugoku Branch, Hiroshima Prefecture Fukudome Ham Co., Ltd., Yamato Foods Co., Ltd., Yamatoyo Co., Ltd. ・Selection criteria: Item Content Utilization of ingredients Do you use Hiroshima ingredients and take advantage of the appeal of the ingredients? Originality Does the idea have novelty and ingenuity? General Does the overall appearance, including color and presentation, look good? ・Sponsor: Kagome Co., Ltd., West Japan Expressway Service Holdings Co., Ltd. China Branch ・Sponsor: Hiroshima Prefecture, Fukudome Ham Co., Ltd., Yamato Foods Co., Ltd., Yamatoyo Co., Ltd. ◇About “Hiroshima Pasta” Hiroshima Prefecture faces the nature-rich Seto Inland Sea, is a region blessed with seasonal seafood, and is also a prefecture with thriving agriculture that takes advantage of its warm climate. Taking the opportunity of the G7 Hiroshima Summit, Kagome is promoting Hiroshima Prefecture’s rich agricultural, forestry and fishery products to the people of Japan and abroad who visit Hiroshima Prefecture by turning them into pasta menus that are eaten all over the world. We wanted to spread the word about the appeal of our ingredients, so we started proposing a “Hiroshima Pasta” menu. “Hiroshima Pasta” is a “red pasta” that combines Hiroshima’s specialty ingredients and tomato products. We are proposing this “Hiroshima Pasta” menu to restaurants and hotels in Hiroshima Prefecture, increasing the number of restaurants offering it, and are also supporting sales promotion tools to enliven our stores and taking measures to disseminate information using SNS. . In addition, we are disseminating “Hiroshima Pasta” by providing POP and recipes at supermarkets and other stores so that you can enjoy “Hiroshima Pasta” at home. By promoting Hiroshima Pasta, a red color that is familiar to Hiroshima residents, Kagome will communicate the deliciousness and appeal of Hiroshima Prefecture’s specialty products and enliven local food.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/99065/222/99065-222-aa388d6354f7054249830dd13be5fb2c-1438×1172.png “Hiroshima Pasta” logo ◇About “Delicious! Hiroshima” In Hiroshima Prefecture, with the aim of expanding sales channels and consumption of prefecture-produced agricultural, forestry, and fishery products, we took the opportunity of the G7 Hiroshima Summit held in May last year to hone the prefecture’s diverse food assets with a variety of actors and communicate their appeal. We have been promoting the “Delicious! Hiroshima” project. Kagome Co., Ltd. and West Nippon Expressway SHD are participating in the “Delicious! Hiroshima” activities as “sponsor companies,” and they sponsored the project at the “Delicious! Hiroshima Award” held in February of this year. We have received awards as businesses that have implemented these initiatives.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/99065/222/99065-222-775f2cddbf8c65de8e9bc972aea1fade-542×562.jpg The Delicious Hiroshima Project aims to improve the brand image that “Hiroshima is a treasure trove of deliciousness,” and by honing and disseminating the appeal of the diverse food that is unique to Hiroshima, we will lead to the continued development and inheritance of Hiroshima’s food culture. This is an ongoing initiative.