Quick! My oven has broken and I need to know if I can use the microwave

[BecauseImTheFatLady]

... to cook my casserole!

I have started it off on the hob (it's braising steak so needs proper cooking to tenderiser the meat)

I can let it simmer gently until I have to go to work (probably about another 45 mins, so it will have had about an hour on the hob) - and will the meat be properly tender or horribly tough?

Can I put it in the microwave to continue cooking? I don't have much time at all today as I have to go out this morning and then drive up to Leicester at lunchtime

TIA

I wouldn't microwave it. When do you need it for? I would heat it reasonably vigourously until you go to work (not boiling, but not simmering), then turn it off, put the lid on, wrap the whole thing in some foil and just leave it on the (turned off) hob. Then give it another quick heat through before you need it.

I have a simmer function on the microwave - would this work do you think?

I guess so... your microwave is clearly much more advanced than mine . Actually, that has the advantage of being able to simmer for a set time. Why not, give it a go!

BTW - I feel quite sad that lapin is no more. Even though I love your new HP name!

I always think of you as someone sweet and fluffy (not meant to be an insult at all - but something very positive and smiley ) whereas Lupin is just not quite the same ...

Oh I will be reverting to Lapin after all the HP hysteria has died down but at the moment, I think of myself as a combo of the two... I am the WereRabbit

Have you got a slow cooker? - they're great for casseroles

Oh dear, I keep reading thread title as
'my ovary has broken'

Need foood

Doh! Brilliant - of course I have! Why didn't I think of that?

Am too busy/stressed with work to think sensibly - and am panicking about loss of oven.

Hurrah for MN!