confiture
Sign in to saveA confiture is any fruit jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup. Confit, the root of the word, comes from the French word confire, which literally means 'preserved'; a confit being any type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period of time as a method of preservation.
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- Food.name
- Confiture
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- Confiture-sureau (cropped).JPG
- Food.caption
- Elderberry confiture (jam)
- Food.type
- Jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup
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- Food.main_ingredient
- Fruit
- Food.serving_size
- 100 g
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A confiture is any fruit jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup. Confit, the root of the word, comes from the French word confire, which literally means 'preserved'; a confit being any type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period of time as a method of preservation.
File:Bassine à confiture.JPG|A copper bowl for cooking confiture
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