Cottage Pie

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 large white cooking onions, finely chopped
• 1.5 lbs. lean ground beef
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup undiluted consomme
• 4 cups mashed potatoes ( approx 4 large russet potatoes; peeled, boiled and mashed * Note when mashing, add 1/4 cup milk, a tablespoon of butter and salt and pepper to taste)
• 1 egg whisked with 2 tbsp water, for brushing

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Grease a 1 1/2 quart casserole baking dish
3. In a frying pan, heat the butter until foamy.
4. Add the onions and cook until transparent.
5. Then stir in and cook the hamburger meat until lightly brown (and no pink shows)
6. Season with the thyme,salt and pepper
7. Blend in the undiluted consomme
8. Turn into the prepared casserole dish.
9. Spoon on the baked potatoes and brush on the egg. Draw the lines with a fork.
10. Bake for about 30 minutes or until the potatoes begin to brown.