Three Cheese and Onion Easter Egg Pie

Ingredients

• 8 servings pepper black freshly ground to taste
• 0.3 cup butter melted
• 0.8 cup buttery round crackers crushed finely
• 1.3 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 cup half-and-half 
• 3  hardboiled eggs peeled sliced
• 2 tablespoons ice water or as needed
• 0.3 cup parmesan cheese grated
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 8 ounce cheddar cheese shredded
• 0.5 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
• 0.5 teaspoon sugar white
• 1 large onion yellow sliced

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan
• oven
• whisk
• plastic wrap
• pie form

Directions

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. Roll dough out to a circle on a floured work surface and fit crust into a 9-inch pie dish; crimp the edges.
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.
6. Drain and cool onion slices; spread into bottom of pie crust and top with Cheddar, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheeses in layers.
7. Spread egg slices over cheese.
8. Pour half-and-half over filling and sprinkle with black pepper.
9. Mix buttery round cracker crumbs and 1/4 cup melted butter in a bowl; sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over pie.
10. Bake in the preheated oven until browned, about 40 minutes.