Confit comes from French and is pronounced "con-fee". Confit
refers to food that's stored in a substance for taste and better
preservation.
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When people think of confit they think of duck confit. It is a
french dish that is made with the leg of the duck. The confit part
is the curing of the meat. There are many recipes that can be found
on sites such as Food Gawker.
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cooked in fat-
eg confit of duck. Ducks have a lot of fat on them, so a confit
de canard is duck roasted in its own juices