confit

[ kawn-fee ]

noun

, French Cooking.

1. duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.

confit

/ kɔ̃fi /

noun

1. cookery a preserve

   a confit of duck

Word History and Origins

Origin of confit¹

From French; comfit

Word History and Origins

Origin of confit¹

literally: preserve

Example Sentences

Norway served a delectable North Atlantic halibut confit with smoked purée celeriac, sunchoke, and cured game meat.

From The Daily Beast

Phillip also orders us a mixed meat and cheese platter with aged comté, Alsacian tomme, chèvre, salami, and duck confit.

From The Daily Beast

The charbroiled Angus burger is just what the doctor ordered ($13) and the duck confit pot pie ($16) sticks to the ribs.

From The Daily Beast

Cherry Tomato Confitby Tom Douglas Traditional confit is duck cooked slowly in its own fat.

From The Daily Beast

Next comes the Confit d'Oie, a sort of goose stew, utterly unlike anything you have tasted before, but not without its merits.

From Project Gutenberg

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