Confiture

Elderberry confiture (jam)
Type	Jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup
Main ingredients	Fruit

Aconfiture is any fruit jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup.^[1][2][3] Confit, the root of the word, comes from the French wordconfire, which literally means 'preserved';^[4][5] aconfit being any type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period of time as a method of preservation.^[4]

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  A copper bowl for cooking confiture

• Fruit preserves – fruits combined with sugar readied in a manner appropriate for long-term storage
• Konfyt – South Africanjam
• 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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