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