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