Definitions
Food, especially meat, slowly cooked and preserved in fat.
Word origin
Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt. Compare comfit.
Used in a sentence
“Korean classics such as pajeon, bibimbap and mandoo are re-imagined with ingredients like cauliflower ricotta, fennel kimchi, and king oyster mushroom confit.”
“I came up with a menu to showcase the alliums in several manifestations: raw, quickly sautéed and slowly confited.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Slow-cooked duck”6 letters
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