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confit

confit

4 9.2
A piece of meat, often duck, cooked slowly and preserved in its own fat
  • noun
  • /kɒnˈfiː/
: confit
  • The restaurant features duck confit served with a side of roasted vegetables.
  • duck confit
  • confit leg
  • tomato confit

Examples

  • Fish soup, confit de canard, and crème de Catalan.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Publican pork- and oyster-heavy dinners are a party here, but so are brunches, replete with hot buttered rum and duck confit hash.

    Blog text (24)
  • The first sandwich started out with duck confit.

    Blog text (20)
  • "Duck confit," said William casually as we walked by.

    Blog text (1)
  • We got a confit de canard in the oven here, Phonce.

  • How about a seared free-range duck breast topped with a confit of sweet and tart?

    Blog text (33)
  • Shafer Farm's venison loin with parsnip gratin and onion confit.

  • Beast and the Hare also serve brunch, with offerings like Custard French Toast, Hashed Confit Duck Legs with Eggs over Country Potatoes, and Fried Chicken with Buttermilk Pancakes.

    Blog text (29)
  • For dinner, I ordered the duck confit, which was tender and flavorful.

  • She prepared a delicious duck confit that melted in your mouth.

How Tender

confit
4 9.2
osso buco
6 7.9
pot roast
  • US
28 2.4
roast chicken
18 1.0
steak
510 1.0

Surface Forms

confit singular
confits plural

Etymology

Confit comes from the old French verb confire, which means 'to preserve'. It is like the English word confection, and originally referred to food slow-cooked and kept in fat so it would stay good — so a confit is literally 'preserved' meat.