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A Plate & A Glass

Burum

부럼
Bu-reom

Nuts cracked at dawn for good health

About the dish

On the first full moon, biting into a year of good fortune. Burum is the custom of cracking nuts such as walnuts and peanuts at dawn on the first full moon to wish for a year free of boils. Cracking burum is said to strengthen the teeth and ward off bad luck.

Key ingredient

Nuts (gyeongwa-ryu) — nuts such as walnut and peanut are rich in unsaturated fats for vascular health; vitamin E and minerals help support wellness around aging; cracked as burum on the first full moon to wish for a healthy year. In season autumn; nationwide.

Ingredients

Main: walnut, peanut, pine nut, chestnut, ginkgo nut · Seasoning: —

Simple recipe

  1. A first-full-moon custom (no separate cooking). Crack open nuts such as walnut, peanut and pine nut to wish for a year free of illness.

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A Glass · Traditional pairing

Malgeunnaeil Winery Dangammyeongjak
Nongeophoesabeobin Upouiachim Jusikhoesa · South Gyeongsang · ABV 7%

Malgeunnaeil Winery Dangammyeongjak (Nongeophoesabeobin Upouiachim Jusikhoesa, South Gyeongsang) — a cloudy rice makgeolli at 7% ABV, chosen to pair with today's dish.

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