confit

noun

con·​fit kōn-ˈfē How to pronounce confit (audio)
kȯn-,
kän-
1
: meat (such as goose, duck, or pork) that has been cooked and preserved in its own fat
2
: a garnish made usually from fruit or vegetables that are cooked until tender in a seasoned liquid

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Menu highlights include local scallops in a creamy moreish bacon sauce, tuna tartare, duck confit and rack of lamb. —Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Slow roast garlic confit, and then blend that with your mayonnaise ingredients... —Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024 An exquisite bouquet of lemon blossom and a hint of jasmine with an underlying note of salty lemon confit and marked acidity bring fierce electricity to this wine with an incredible amount of tension. —Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 Nearby eats: Cucina Venti — Kick off a concert date night with a stop at this upscale Italian restaurant, which offer everything from filet mignon and seafood paella to fettuccini with duck confit and kale ravioli. —Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for confit 

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, noun derivative from past participle of confire "to treat (food, an animal or vegetable substance) in order to preserve it," going back to Old French "to prepare (a drink), preserve (fruit) in a liquid or sugar," going back to Latin conficere "to carry out, perform, make, bring about, collect, bring to completion" — more at confect

Note: In sense 1 the French word is most likely a gallicized form of the cognate word in the Occitan of Gascony or Languedoc. See note at comfit.

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of confit was in 1951

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“Confit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confit. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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