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confit

American  
[kawn-fee, kawn-fee] / kɔnˈfi, kɔ̃ˈfi /

noun

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


confit British  
/ kɔ̃fi /

noun

  1. cookery a preserve

    a confit of duck

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of confit

From French; comfit


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Dessert featured the two leaders and their fellow diners tucking into vanilla crémeux with sour cherry confit, with an accompanying ice cream "made with harvested White House honey".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Her chutney-glazed chicken was an easy win at her house after a trip to the U.K., as were the jars of tomato confit she brought back, which she now sells on her website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

You can learn to confit duck legs in your Air Fryer or make a hollandaise before work.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2025

The couple made the place their own by lining open shelves with vintage cafe pitchers, old stoneware confit pots and sgraffito ceramics by the Marseillais potter Vincent Verde.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

Instead, you get a harmonious porky bite with gamy undertones from the confit rabbit, beef tongue, duck wing meat and offal.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

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