{"id":439,"date":"2023-08-08T17:56:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2023-08-10T17:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:23:45","slug":"lemon-meringue-tart-from-roost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/2023\/08\/lemon-meringue-tart-from-roost\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon meringue tart from Roost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roost_lemon_meringe-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roost_lemon_meringe-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon meringue tart from Roost\" class=\"wp-image-440\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roost_lemon_meringe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roost_lemon_meringe-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roost_lemon_meringe-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roost_lemon_meringe-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roost_lemon_meringe-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roost_lemon_meringe-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m reviving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/2020\/08\/iced-lemon-loaf-cake-from-starbucks\/\">this experimen<\/a>t, maybe just this once, maybe for other things like this: a platonic pastry. Lemon meringue pie isn&#8217;t in my top ten generally, but <a href=\"https:\/\/roostnorthampton.square.site\/\">Roost<\/a>&#8216;s version is so incredibly good that I&#8217;m always delighted by it and look forward to getting it again. This must be the third one I&#8217;ve had (once every six months or so is plenty) and they are consistently excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three components are in perfect balance: light, crispy shell that snaps under the fork; very tart, smooth custard; sweet marshmallow meringue that is both creamy and fluffy. Best of all, the meringue is always properly toasted on top &#8211; it may even look burned but it tastes perfect. It is very messy to eat as the meringue innards and custard are both almost liquid, but 100% worth it. And it&#8217;s big enough to be entirely satisfying and give a feeling of abundance, but not as ginormous as some of their other baked goods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Compared to platonic version: 5\/5!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Originality: 3\/5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Value for money: 4\/5 ($6.95 before tax and tip)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effort factor (1 = could make in my sleep; 5 = no way would I ever make this for myself): 4.5\/5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13 1\/2 minutes to eat, 22 to write (of which 7 was figuring out how to do images in Gutenberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m reviving this experiment, maybe just this once, maybe for other things like this: a platonic pastry. Lemon meringue pie isn&#8217;t in my top ten generally, but Roost&#8216;s version is so incredibly good that I&#8217;m always delighted by it and look forward to getting it again. This must be the third one I&#8217;ve had (once [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,21],"tags":[23,35,32,29,25,31],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-northampton","category-treats","tag-northampton","tag-pie","tag-roost","tag-savoring","tag-treats","tag-writing-experiments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":442,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salticid.com\/kogblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}