✨ Coconut & Berry Passover Tart (With a Sweet Almond Twist!)

With a coconut crust, creamy almond filling, and loads of fresh berries—this gluten-free tart is the showstopper your Passover table needs.

This Coconut and Berry Passover Tart has a macaroon like crust and delicious almond filling. The stunning spring berries on top make this the perfect dessert for any occasion. It’s also totally gluten and dairy free!

This is a gorgeous spring tart that I absolutely love! I was invited to a Passover dinner some years back and I was asked to bake a dessert. I made the dessert first to test it out. I brought it to a birthday party to a neighbor’s house and it was a huge hit! It ended up being a huge hit for the birthday and also for Passover!

It is perfect for anyone that is gluten-free or even dairy-free. Elegant and simply delicious!

Part of the family that we are joining is Jewish and I thought it would be nice to make something kosher and delicious for their holiday. It is fun for us to get to celebrate Passover with our friends that celebrate the holiday. Then on Sunday they celebrate Easter with us! Not too bad;)

In looking through one of my favorite Martha Stewart books, I found this recipe that I slightly adapted. For my friends that aren’t celebrating Passover and are dairy-free or gluten-free…this is the dessert for you!

What exactly is Passover? Passover commemorates the biblical story of Exodus, when Hebrew slaves were released from bondage in Egypt. The Passover holiday is a joyous celebration of freedom.

This was made some years back and there was also a good discussion that went on regarding this tart with my Jewish friends.

4/12/12 *I need to say something about this post and Passover. Apparently it takes a village to do a Passover recipe. Before you go down to my nifty Passover tips, let me warn you: This recipe may be OK for some Jewish communities to make on Passover and not for others.

If you eat soy products during Passover, you can make this tart. If you do not and you are not mixing dairy and meat, go ahead and use regular cream cheese. Some of you may be cool with using corn starch. Some will not and I did make this recipe with corn starch. I have no clue what it would be like with potato starch as a replacement.

Now go ahead...keep reading. Share your thoughts. If it is not fine with your Jewish community to follow the recipe as is and you do make it with some changes, PLEASE let me know how it turns out. I'd love to see the link to your post or email me a photo and tell me all about it. 🙂

I’ve always wondered what you can and can’t eat during Passover. I am not Jewish and I am by far not trying to be an expert on what to eat during Passover or if you are following kosher guidelines. Please forgive any errors here.

If you are celebrating Passover, here are the foods you should avoid. I found some info on Shiksa in the Kitchen.

During Passover, Kosher guidelines are followed with some tweaks. Some in the Jewish community stay Kosher all year round…here are the guidelines:

Because of the prohibition against unleavened bread, raw flour cannot be used during Passover. In order to be used for Passover, dough has to be thoroughly cooked within 18 minutes of the flour being mixed with water. When pasta is made, water is mixed with flour and the formed pasta is left to dry without being cooked and therefore is not allowed.

I know it must be challenging for the Italian Jews that love pasta. Luckily, there are kosher for Passover pastas that are made with potato starch/flour.

Certain meats may not be eaten. Forbidden meats include (but are not limited to): pork, shellfish, lobster, shrimp, crab, rabbit, and seafood without fins or scales (like swordfish and sturgeon). Also, any products made with ingredients from these meats (example—pig ingredients in non-kosher gelatin) cannot be used.
Meat must not be eaten in combination with dairy. That means no butter, or cream sauce on your beef or chicken dish.

My friend Judee from Gluten Free A-Z blog pointed out to me (4/13/12) that corn starch is not kosher. She suggested I change that from the recipe to potato starch. Martha Stewart has corn starch in the recipe and has it titled as a Passover tart.

I also was speaking today (4/3/12) with my friend Shulie at Food Wanderings and she explained some segments of the Jewish community, while not the majority, do consider corn starch kosher with Passover.

I will keep the ingredient list on this recipe with corn starch as Shulie explains the potato starch does not have the same result/consistency as corn starch. Shulie says it becomes goopy. I do not honestly know the result with potato starch as I used corn starch. If you need your recipe to be truly kosher use potato starch instead of corn starch.

(If you want to read why corn starch is a no-no...read it here. )

Fish and eggs are considered neutral. They can be served with dairy or with meat.

What can you eat on Passover?

• Matzo in any form (matzo meal, matzo cake meal, matzo farfel)

• Any kind of fruit

• Any kind of vegetable (there is a list of some veggies that are excluded)

• Beef, chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or fish with scales.

• Eggs and egg whites

• Nuts, nut flours, and pure nut butters (no additives). Excluded on this list is: peanuts, sesame seeds, poppy seeds.

• Dairy products, like cheese, yogurt, and kefir, are acceptable as long as they are not mixed with corn syrup.

• Dairy products cannot be mixed with meat.

• Quinoa. Most sources agree that quinoa is not technically a grain, and therefore it is permissible on Passover.

• Spices

• Herbs

• Broth from kosher meats and vegetable-based broth.

Let’s get back a second to this FABULOUS tart! Can we talk about the crust! Oh, the crust! The chewy coconut crust is like the most amazing coconut macaroons. I was tempted to just bake and eat the crust!

The filling is soft and delicious with sweet vanilla and almond flavors. It was my first time baking with Tofutti soy cream cheese and I am very pleased with the results. My friend’s were thanking me for bringing it to the party this weekend.

Whether you are celebrating Passover or are dairy-free, gluten-free…or you just love COCONUT…you need to bake this tart now!

What's needed for this coconut berry Passover tart? (Ingredients + Step-by-Step)

Here is all you need to make this stunning tart.