French term
fruits mijotés
Sentence: Les recommandations européennes permettant aux États membres de définir ce qui est confiture et ce qui ne l’est pas avec des dosages fruits et sucres différents ne suffisent plus à rassurer le consommateur pour qui “confitures”, “fruits mijotés”, “préparations à base de fruits” ou “spécialités de fruits” appartiennent à la même famille et sont d’un usage commun.
Do we call this "stewed fruits" in English? Alternatively, would anyone who often works in the food industry know of a good online source where the difference between these terms is clearly explained?
Thanks for your help!
| 4 +7 | stewed fruits |
Traductrice PRO
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| 5 | Simmered fruits |
Louise TAYLOR
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| 4 +1 | fruit compote |
Margaret Morrison
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| 3 +2 | fruit butter |
Herbmione Granger
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| fruit compote, - compôte |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Non-PRO (2): philgoddard, Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
Canada
Flawless Translations
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: French to English, English to French
Simmered fruits
You can google 'simmered fruits' and find lots of examples of how people use this on cooking blogs.
United Kingdom
Cambridge educated business specialist
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
fruit compote
Also trendy as you can get it in Ocado :-)
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Sorry, I hadn't seen you had suggested this. I'll stick my post in the Reference section.
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Germany
An American scholar based in Germany
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: French to English, German to English, English
fruit butter
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Note added at 8 hrs (2017-07-12 18:28:29 GMT)
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The subcategory of fruit spreads (more specific than preserved fruit) might include preserves other than "butters." Personally, I don't like the term "fruit butter" and have seen them in Germany as "apple butter," etc. (not translated from English).
laquiberonnaise.fr/Produits-bretons/Pr%C3%A9paration-de-Fruits-Mijot%C3%A9s
lagrandeepicerie.com/produit/10919_fruits-mijotes-elabores-avec-du-fructose-kiwis-citron-vert.html
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Yolanda Broad
: Must be a butter, since the text puts it in the same category as "confitures."
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Thank you!
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writeaway
: http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/24335/apple-butter.aspx
23 mins
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Thanks!
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Margaret Morrison
: Fruit butter is a specific recipe where the fruit is pulped, and mijote doesn't suggest the cooking is necessarily to a pulp I'd say
1 hr
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It is true that the time of simmering is not indicated in the extracted term.
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philgoddard
: If they meant that, they'd say beurre de fruits.
4 hrs
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Reference comments
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
fruit compote, - compôte
https://www.yeovalley.co.uk/things-we-make/compote/summer-fr...
http://benburbbramleys.co.uk/2013/11/other-fruits/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/compote
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