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confit

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con·fit  (kn-f, kôn-)
n.
1. Meat, such as duck, that has been salted and then cooked and preserved in its own fat.
2. A condiment made by cooking seasoned fruit or vegetables, usually to a jamlike consistency.

[Middle English confyt, from Old French confit, from Medieval Latin cnfectum, from past participle of cnficere, to prepare; see confect.]

confit French [kɔ̃fi]
n
(Cookery) Cookery a preserve a confit of duck
[literally: preserve]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.confit - a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat
cut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
Translations
confit [ˈkɒnfiː] nconfit m


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Although the delicious confit of duck starter had been taken off the menu the chef didn't disappoint with what was on offer.
Byline: Emma Jenkins, Confit is a cooking term used to describe slowly braising a piece of duck, goose or pork in its own fat and storing it in a pot covered in the same fat to preserve it.
Sixteen-year-old Hailey, who goes to The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester, wowed judges with her tasty three course meal of panseared scallops on a bed of spring pea risotto, followed by lamb roulade served with olive oil mashed potato, confit tomato and mushroom with char-grilled asparagus and rosemary flavoured jus, and finished off with natural yoghurt pannacotta served on a bed of rhubarb and ginger compote and light rhubarb consomme for dessert.
 
 
 
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