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.

  • A copper bowl for cooking confiture

See also

  • 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