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Record 1 2007-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
  • Food Preservation and Canning
OBS

Most people tend to think of confit mainly in the context of "duck confit". But a confit is any type of food which is cooked for a long time to help preserve it. Confits can be sweet as in fruit jams ("confitures") cooked with sugar; acid as in tomato confit cooked with vinegar; and oily as in duck confit preserved with duck (or goose fat). "Confit" derives from the French word "confire" which simply means "to preserve".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
DEF

Produit carné conservé dans la graisse.

PHR

Confit d'oie, confit de canard.

Spanish

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