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
See also
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Fruit preserves – fruits combined with sugar readied in a manner appropriate for long-term storage
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Konfyt – South African jam
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Spoon sweets – Fruits candied in a syrupy glaze, offered in Greece as a gesture of hospitality
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Varenye – Russian preserves made with whole fruits or large fruit pieces
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Slatko – a whole-fruit preserve in Eastern European cuisine
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List of spreads