confiture

My French husband likes to make his own confiture (preserves) every summer.

You really ought to have asked for confiture.

Make the confiture de lait: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

When asked to describe it, Scott Campbell, Avenue's chef, called it "a savory confiture."

A pączek is a deep-fried piece of dough shaped into a flattened sphere and filled with confiture or other sweet filling.

One kilogram tins of confiture made of fruits confits range from $7 (bitter orange) to $9 (figs).

A French version, known as confiture de lait, is very similar to the spreadable forms of dulce de leche.

Expect gamay-grape vivacity, tea-roses aroma and the dense raspberry-strawberry flavor of confiture in tiny jars found in fancy Paris hotels.

Scent of Money The candles are sold in clear glass containers with silvery lids that recall the lids of elegant French confiture jars.

For starters, I can recommend the terrine de foie d'oie, which is marinated with port wine and set off with a shallot marmalade (confiture).

Also known as dragée, Italian confetti are almonds with a hard sugar coating; their name can be translated from Italian to mean confit, as in confiture.

Serve the confiture de lait, the crème anglaise and the brittle in separate bowls alongside the riz au lait, to be stirred in as desired.

It didn't hurt that all this was accompanied by a nectarean rhubarb confiture flavored with rose water and a pear poached in Sauternes and cinnamon - it was indeed eating like a king.

They can be filled and topped with various sweet toppings, often including Nutella spread, preserves, sugar (granulated or powdered), maple syrup, lemon juice, whipped cream, fruit spreads, custard, and sliced soft fruits or confiture.

Then visit the estate's little shop where you can find interesting delicacies such as handmade chocolates flavoured with confit de vin or pêche de vigne confiture - and, of course, the estate's wines.

"Here I am, this kid from New York, and his wife, making tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes, cooked down in the oven with basil and olive oil like a confiture, and I'm having trouble getting customers in," he said.

This is the top-end spot to dine on such fare as foie gras with a confiture of red onions, grapes and hazelnuts, Charolles beef steak tartare and chips and the house-made baba au rhum.

For a main course you might select whole roasted Maine lobster with citrus fruit and cayenne pasta; grilled yellowfin tuna with confiture of tomato and virgin olive oil, or grilled squab with smokehouse bacon and shoestring sweet potatoes.

The Continental breakfast is complimentary for guests in the De Luxe cabins, so this year we'll again look forward to fresh breads, tiny pots of Bonne Maman confiture (French for breakfast heaven) and pain au chocolat.

Nor did other appetizers disappoint, dishes like charred smoked salmon on a bed of fresh horseradish, silky foie gras with meltingly delicious onion confiture, glistening wafers of tuna carpaccio with cold sesame noodles or warm galantine (or roll) of chicken, apricots and pistachio nuts.