Hearty Hamburger Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. butter
1 medium onion
1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1 can (1 lb. 12 oz.) tomatoes
3 cans (10 1/2 oz.) consomme plus 2 cans water
4 medium carrots
4 celery tops
6 sprigs parsley
1/2 tsp. thyme
10 peppercorns
1 Tbsp. salt

Preparation

Melt
butter
in
soup\tkettle.
Add
coarsely\tchopped onion. Cook until
limp
but not brown.
Add the ground beef; stir until meat
is
not
red.
Pour in tomatoes, consomme and water.\tAdd celery tops, parsley, thyme, peppercorns and salt. Cover and cook over a very low heat for about 45 minutes.