
You can use the scrapings of a vanilla bean if you have one. And remember, regular vanilla extract is also not kosher for Passover, so skip that too. If you’re making these for Passover, skip the powdered sugar, which is not kosher for Passover because of the small amount of cornstarch in it. Adding some raspberries would also be a nice touch. Sweeten the cream if you want, but I appreciate the contrast here, and I think you will too. A dollop of something creamy, either unsweetened whipped cream or even the slightly tart whipped crème fraîche is a nice foil for the quite sweet meringues and curd. I like to finish these with some crushed pistachios for a bit of color and flavor, but you could leave that off, or use some crushed freeze-dried berries for a different color and pop of tart flavor. It usually bakes up smooth and shiny, retaining all the detail. Swiss meringue is a very stable mixture, so once you’ve cooked it, it can sit in the bowl for a bit and you can take your time shaping and reshaping your little swirls and swoops. While I adore a good pavlova and that texture, I use Swiss meringue (which is when you dissolve the sugar into the egg whites while stirring over simmering water) to create crisp meringues that really hold their shape. A pavlova usually has some cornstarch folded into the meringue to give it a soft, chewy center.

While a lot of people refer to these as a “pavlova,” they’re not technically, even though they have much in common with that classic dessert named for a prima ballerina. If I have, even I can’t remember where or when. When I posted the rather simple shot on my instagram, it got a huge response, bigger than any I had gotten before, and I knew I was onto something. With the slightly runny curd flowing out of the meringues and pooling on the surface they really look like eggs! If you’ve been following me for a while, you may have seen them before, but I’ve never really shared the recipe officially. I first came up with this idea in 2016, when I was dreaming up something fun that would work for either holiday. We did include some desserts that contain dairy ingredients, so if you’re serving meat for dinner (and you always keep milk and meat separate), you'll want to choose non-dairy dessert recipes, or sub in non-dairy alternative ingredients in those recipes.Not only is this favorite dessert made almost entirely from eggs, it also looks like an egg, making it perfect for either Easter or Passover (as long as you’re OK with a dairy dessert at your Seder). With a list this sweet, we’re confident you won’t miss flour one bit. (You can also use it for everyday dietary restrictions.) Start your Passover dessert search hereĪs you plan your desserts for the week, and especially to cap off a seder meal, peruse our list of recipes below, organized by common Passover dessert categories. Here's a tip: If you use the Yummly filtering tool, you can exclude these forbidden ingredients to narrow down our catalog of dessert recipes to the ones that are Passover-friendly. You might be wondering, what's left to bake with? Am I stuck with matzah all week whenever my sweet tooth calls? We're here to reassure you that even with a lengthy list of prohibited ingredients, Passover desserts can be delicious - and jaw-droppingly gorgeous. Wheat, rice, corn, oats, peanuts, sesame and poppy seeds, rye, soybeans, spelt, millet, and barley are just some of the foods often considered off-limits.

Whether you follow Ashkenazi rules or Sephardic traditions, the list of ingredients forbidden on Passover is quite long. They didn’t have time to let their bread dough rise, and so unleavened cracker-like matzah, in all its many forms (sheets of matzah, matzah meal, matzah cake meal, matzah farfel, etc…) has become the ingredient most synonymous with Passover today. This weeklong holiday not only tells the symbolism-filled story during the seder meal, it also asks observers to follow a restricted diet all week as a way to empathize with the Israelites’ limited food options during their escape. It’s a time for joy and reflection, recalling the exodus of the persecuted Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

Along with budding trees and chirping birds, spring also brings us the Jewish holiday of Passover (or “Pesach” in Hebrew).
