Which French cook trimmed food? (6)

I believe the answer is:

comfit

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'food?' is the definition.
(comfit is a kind of food)

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for comfit that I've seen before include "Sweet consisting of nut in sugar" , "Kind of sweet, nut in sugar" , "Candied fruit" , "Sweet - MFI cot (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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