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the catalog's short crust, blind-baked FULLY

dough (flour + 1/2 tsp salt + 6 tbsp cold butter + ice water), rested, rolled, crimped, and blind-baked until fully golden — fully, because this crust never returns to the oven long enough to finish; a pale blind bake is the soggy floor of every failed lemon meringue