. "Confit (French, pronounced [k\u0254\u0303fi] or in English \"con-fee\") 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.Confit as a cooking term describes when food is cooked in grease, oil or sugar water (syrup), at a lower temperature than deep frying."@en .