what does confit in cooking mean
In the modern sense, what does the cookery term 'Confit' mean? My understanding is that it originally meant the cooking and preserving of meat in its own fat-normall duck, goose, pork.Coming from the the French verb 'Confire' - 'To Preserve' Now on menus you see Confit tomatoes, garlic, apples and more or less anything. So what does it mean in today's...ating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: A specialty of the Gascony region, confit is a preserved food item, usually a meat like duck, goose, or pork. The meat is salted and cooked slowly in its own fat. It is then packed into a pot and covered with the cooking fat, which works as a seal and preservative.