Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart

A bright passionfruit tart with a crisp sweet pastry crust and a smooth, tangy baked filling of passionfruit pulp, eggs, sugar and cream. It is baked low until just set and served chilled, sometimes with a spoonful of fresh passionfruit seeds on top.

Prep: 30 min Cook: 55 min Total: 265 min Serves: 10

At a glance: This medium desserts recipe yields 10 servings in about 4h 25m (30 min prep, 55 min cook). It uses 14 ingredients — including gluten-free all-purpose flour blend, powdered sugar, xanthan gum — and walks through 7 steps. Updated October 24, 2026. Browse more desserts recipes or return to all gluten-free recipes.

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Cross-Contamination Warning for Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart: When preparing this desserts recipe, use pie weights or a bag of dried beans that has only been used for gluten-free baking. Flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.

Gluten-Free Notes for Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart: The sweet tart crust uses a gluten-free all-purpose flour blend; the passionfruit filling is eggs, sugar, cream and fruit. Use powdered sugar and a flour blend labeled gluten-free, and check frozen passionfruit pulp for added ingredients.

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Instructions

1 For the crust, pulse the gluten-free flour blend, powdered sugar, xanthan gum (if using) and salt in a food processor. Add the cold butter and pulse until it looks like coarse crumbs. Add the egg yolk and 1 tbsp ice water and pulse until the dough clumps, adding more water a teaspoon at a time only if needed. Flatten into a disc, wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
2 Roll the dough between two sheets of parchment into an 11-inch round. Peel off the top sheet, flip the dough into a 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom, and press it into the corners and up the sides. Patch any cracks with scraps and trim the top. Freeze for 15 minutes.
3 Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Line the frozen crust with parchment, fill with pie weights or dried beans, and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the weights and paper and bake for 8-10 minutes more, until golden all over. Lower the oven to 300°F (150°C).
4 Whisk the eggs, yolks and sugar until smooth but not foamy. Whisk in the passionfruit juice, cream and lemon juice. Strain the filling into a pitcher and let it stand for 5 minutes, then skim off any foam.
5 Set the baked crust on a baking sheet on the oven rack and pour in the filling.
6 Bake at 300°F for 25-30 minutes, until the filling is set at the edges and the center wobbles slightly.
7 Cool on a rack for 1 hour, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Top with a little fresh passionfruit pulp or a dusting of powdered sugar just before serving.

Tips & Notes

Strain the passionfruit juice and the finished filling. The seeds and pith make the filling cloudy, and straining gives a smooth, glossy tart.
Fill the passionfruit tart with the crust already on the oven rack. It avoids spilling the thin filling on the way to the oven.
Bake the passionfruit tart low and pull it while the center still wobbles. Overbaked citrus custard turns rubbery and can crack.

Common questions

How long does Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart take?

Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart takes about 4 hours 25 minutes, including resting time: 30 minutes to prep and 55 minutes to cook, for 10 servings.

What should I check before making Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart with celiac disease?

Written with gluten-free ingredients. Use products labeled gluten-free, check labels, and ask your clinician about your own needs.

What cross-contamination risk is specific to Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart?

Check gluten-free all-purpose flour blend , plus more for rolling, powdered sugar, for the crust, xanthan gum before they go into Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart. Use pie weights or a bag of dried beans that has only been used for gluten-free baking. Flour dust travels. Bake this on a day the kitchen is not also handling flour that contains gluten, use clean bowls, beaters and baking sheets, and keep the gluten-free flour blend in its own sealed container.

Which gluten-free swaps does Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart use?

Gluten-Free Passionfruit Tart relies on a gluten-free all-purpose flour blend, xanthan gum. Keep those gluten-free-labeled products in place of a gluten-containing flour or sauce. If the blend already lists xanthan gum, do not add a second binder unless this recipe says to.

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