Three Cheese and Onion Easter Egg Pie

A savory pie filled with three kinds of cheeses, onion, and hard-boiled eggs is perfect for your Easter brunch. It has a bottom crust of pie dough and a topping of buttery cracker crumbs.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 452 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup butter, melted
• ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• ½ teaspoon white sugar
• ½ cup half-and-half
• 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 large yellow onion, sliced
• ½ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 2 tablespoons ice water, or as needed
• 3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and sliced
• ¾ cup finely crushed buttery round crackers

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until browned, about 40 minutes.

Step 3

Whisk flour, salt, and sugar in a bowl; work 1/2 cup unsalted butter pieces into dry ingredients with your fingers until flour mixture looks like coarse meal. Mix ice water into dough a little at a time until it just holds together. Form into a ball and press dough down to form a flat disk; wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour.

Step 4

Roll dough out to a circle on a floured work surface and fit crust into a 9-inch pie dish; crimp the edges.

Step 5

Place onion slices into a saucepan, cover with water, and bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium and boil until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Drain and cool onion slices; spread into bottom of pie crust and top with Cheddar, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses in layers. Spread egg slices over cheese. Pour half-and-half over filling and sprinkle with black pepper.

Step 6

Mix buttery round cracker crumbs and 1/4 cup melted butter in a bowl; sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over pie.