confit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of confit
From French; comfit
Example Sentences
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Confit duck legs, sole meunière and blue-chip artwork are all on the menu at Marcel in Sotheby’s Breuer building.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Confit is just a slow cooking method where you cover the ingredient with fat.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2019
Confit duck legs are served in a puddle of citrus and chiles, like an especially crisp version of pollo en escabeche.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2015
Confit techniques may be applied to all sorts of foods, including garlic cloves, duck legs, sweet onions and pork rillettes.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2015
"Last week, died at Burythorpe, near Malton in Yorkshire, Francis Confit, aged 150 years: he was maintained by the parish above sixty years, and retained his senses to the very last."
From Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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