confit
IPA: kʌnfˈɪt
noun
- Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
verb
- (transitive) To prepare (food) in this manner.
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Examples of "confit" in Sentences
- I have issues with definition of fruit confit.
- Please be sure to cite a source for your edits at confit.
- Duck confit is a French dish made with the leg of the duck.
- Duck gizzards are also commonly cooked in the confit method.
- Confit is also sold in cans, which can be kept for several years.
- The cassoulet of Castelnaudary uses a duck confit instead of mutton.
- Sealed and stored in a cool place, confit can last for several months.
- Goose can also be prepared as confit, and the fat used to preserve the meat.
- Skipping the salt curing stage greatly reduces the shelf life of the confit.
- Specially the keelboat course was situated in a area of fair sailing confitions.
- Unfortunately it's a term that's currently being abused around the restaurant world, rather like the term confit which I've seen applied to tomatoes.
- The fingerling potatoes were called confit in the sides part of the menu, by which I assume they mean poached in oil, either way their waxy flesh had a sumptuous bite.
- Whether leftover roasted duck or store-bought or homemade confit is used, the green salsa, with the slight tartness of tomatillos, is a perfect foil for the rich flavor of duck.
- These days the word confit is used loosely to describe just about anything cooked slowly and gently to a rich, succulent consistency: onions in olive oil, for example, or shrimp cooked and stored under clarified butter.
- In modern usage of the term confit, the connotations of immersion, impregnation, flavoring, and slow, deliberate preparation survive, while the idea of preservation—and the special flavors that develop over weeks and months—has faded away.