Italian Easter Pie

Ingredients

Filling

• 1 pound pepperoni or 2 pounds sweet Italian sausage
• 3 pounds Ricotta cheese
• 5 to 6 hard-boiled eggs, cut up
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• Romano cheese to taste

Crust

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 5 tablespoons Crisco
• 1 1/2 tablespoons whiskey (optional)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

Filling

1. In large bowl, mix all ingredients; set aside.

Crust

1. Combine flour, sugar, eggs, whiskey, baking powder and cut in Crisco. Dough will be soft. You may either roll dough out or flatten pieces of dough on bottom and sides of 13 x 9-inch pan. Add filling.
2. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees F.