Morcon (Beef Rolls)

Morcon is a festive dish made made of flat sheets of beef that's stuffed with other ingredients, rolled into logs, fried then sliced. Techniquewise, they're like Japanese maki or Korean bibimbap.

Ingredients

• 1 kg kalitiran or round, cut in flat sheets.
  
• 1/4 cup calamansi juice (around 10-12 pcs)
  
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
  
• whole sweet pickles, quartered lengthwise
  
• 1/4 cup pickling solution (reserved from pickles
  
• red hotdogs, halved lengthwise
  
• hardboiled eggs, quartered lengthwise
  
• pimientos, sliced into strips
  
• oil for frying
  
• beef stock
  
• salt and pepper
  

1. Marinate beef in soy sauce, calamansi juice and pickling solution for a few hours.
   
2. Spread beef on a flat surface. Add strips of hotdog, pickles, egg and pimientos.
   
3. Roll beef, keeping filling together in center, to create logs.
   
4. Truss the roll with string.
   
5. Pan-fry the morcon until browned. Drain fat.
   
6. Braise in beef stock and leftover marinade. Simmer for 2 hours or until tender.
   
7. Drain and let dry.
   
8. Pan-fry to a nice, brown crisp.
   
9. Slice into inch-thick slices.