Recipe:Bossam Kimchi(보쌈김치)

It is surely that Kimchi is Korea's number one dish. It is proved that Kimchi is good for our health. (You know, Kimchi is the best vaccine to prevent SARS.) Also, people cannot forget its unforgettable taste. There are hundreds kinds of Kimchis out there, depending on each region, each family. Among them, Bossam Kimchi is famous for everyone. "Bossam" refers to wrap something in a cloth. As you know what is Bossam, Bossam Kimchi is "wrapped cabbage with cabbage leaves" and contains various sorts of ingredients from chestnuts to sliced beef or whatever you like. In this month, why don't you make Kimchi and take a big scoop of rice then eat yummy Bossam Kimchi?

Preparation Time : 5 hours│Cooking Time : more than 1hour │Serves: 3~4

▷ Ingredients

5 Chinese Cabbage, 1Cup of salt Filling-1 Radish, a bunch of parsley, a bunch of leaf mustard, 2 pears, 500g shrimp, 100g ginger, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 Cup of hot pepper powder, 1/2Cup of shredded red pepper, 1Cup of salted shrimp, 1 leek 6 shiitake mushrooms, 1/2Cup of pine-nuts, 10 chestnuts

	▷ Preparation
	1. Halve cabbage and salt in about 4 hours.Turn cabbage over every 40min. 2. Peel and core out pears. 3. Cut radish and pear into 0.5mm strips. 4. Wash parsley and leaf mustard. Cut them in 3cm length. 5. Remove heads, tails and shell from shrimps. 6. Slit down back of shrimp and remove center vein. Cut in half. Rapidly soak in brine then rinse and drain. 7. Slice mushrooms into 0.5mm. 8. Peel chestnuts, ginger and pine nuts. Cut thinly strips. 9. Wash leek and cut in 2cm length. 10. Wash garlic and cut in half.
	▷ Recipe
	1. Wash cabbage thoroughly. Drain. 2. Cut the outer leaves of cabbage which is a cover of Bossam Kimchi. 3. Mix ingredients (radish, parsley, leaf mustard, pear, shrimp, leek, hot pepper powder, garlic, ginger and salted shrimp) with hands until well combined.) 4. Arrange cabbage leaves like a platter. 5. Scoop one Tablespoon of 3. Spread out side of cabbage leaf with 3. mixture. 6. Sprinkle mushroom, chestnuts and pine nuts over top of mixture before cover with the next leaf. 7. Repeat 5. and 6. 8. Press 2 outer leaves around over seasoned cabbage to enclose. 9. Ferment at least 3 days in 20 degrees in Celsius. And serve.