what is confit?
Confit (pronounced cone-FEE) is traditionally a technique for preserving poultry and meats such as duck, goose or pork that involves cooking the meat in its own fat and then storing it in this fat in a covered container. Confit is an effective method for preserving meats because the fat seals off the oxygen that bacteria need to reproduce. The word confit can be used to refer to the technique, or to the meat which has been thus preserved.