In my family, cooking for holidays is a group affair. My sisters, mom, and I whisk around the kitchen, working in unison. Although we are all focused on the task at hand—executing a number of dishes—we spend just as much time talking and catching up with one another. Sometimes it gets loud—there’s often music playing and voices raised high over the loud hum of the stand mixer whirring. It’s always lively, and the casualness of cooking while focusing on a recipe allows us to easily pick up where we left off—even though we now live in different parts of the country.

There’s something really special about the legacy of recipes, skills, and stories passed down as sisters, mothers and daughters, aunts and cousins, and grandmothers all work in the kitchen preparing food together. One of those recipes—my grandmother Leona’s press-in tart crust—is featured in this passionfruit tart recipe (though I’ve updated it by adding crushed pistachios!). And as important as those family heirloom recipes are, we also love adding new recipes to our family canon.

These brunch recipes are packed with flavors inspired by the Caribbean, such as lime, rum, Scotch bonnet peppers, and passionfruit. Both theChili-and-Lime Roasted Sweet Potatoesand theSpicy Habanero Frittataare so easy and tasty, they are likely to become staples in your brunch rotation. The passionfruit tart helps reunite family members in the kitchen—a baking project in which you can divvy up the tasks, then come together to assemble a pretty special dessert.

A note about the passionfruit puree: The recipes for the tart and mimosa call for 100% passionfruit puree. I prefer the product from Les Vergers Boiron, but other brands are available on amazon.com. Alternatively, if you have access to fresh passionfruit, you can use the juice (not the seeds). For the passionfruit mimosa, it’s OK to substitute a passionfruit “blend” that isn’t 100% or has added sugar—just omit the simple syrup. For the tart, be sure to seek out the real thing.