Hachis Parmentier

Ingredients:
1  - onion
2-3 -  garlic cloves
½ kg - ground meat
2 – carrots, chopped
one leek, chopped
fresh thyme
fresh rosemary
Olive oil
a handful of green beans, chopped
2 -3 – potatoes, boiled and  peeled
1/2 cup - cream
Butter
¼  tsp - nutmeg
1 cup milk
Salt and pepper
3/4 cup grated parmesan (or emmental, gruyere, etc.)

In a bowl mash potatoes , add butter, cream, milk, nutmeg, salt, and pepper to taste. Adjust milk or cream as per taste. Keep aside.
In another bowl add finely chop carrot, leak and green beans.
In a pan heat olive oil, saute garlic, onion, and ground meat. Once meat  is brown, discard fat. Add finely chop carrot, leak and green beans, fresh thyme and rosemary to the ground meat and and salt and pepper to taste.
Saute on medium heat, covered for 15 minutes or until carrot and green beans are slightly tender.
To assemble the casserole, use one or two pyrex type pans oiled on bottom and sides.
Set one layer of meat mixture at firs. Layer should be about 1 inch thick. Then put layer of mashed potatoes on top of meat layer.
Sprinkle the grated cheese on top of the mashed potato layer. Repeat layering.
Heat oven to 180 C and cook uncovered for 30-35 minutes or until the inside of the casserole is bubbling and the cheese on top is beginning to brown.
Serve warm!!!