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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.

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Within Vinony's link graph, confiture is referenced by 205 other articles, and connects out to fruit preserves, International Standard Book Number and mayonnaise.

It is catalogued under topics including Condiments, Culinary terminology and Food ingredients.

Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Food.name
Confiture
Food.image
Confiture-sureau (cropped).JPG
Food.caption
Elderberry confiture (jam)
Food.type
Jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup
Food.creator
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Food.creators
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Food.main_ingredient
Fruit
Food.serving_size
100 g

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
food
Country of origin
France
Image
Marmeladesorten.jpg
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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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “confiture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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