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A European upset about Hispanic country (not Spain) and Hispanic food (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enchilada

'hispanic food' is the definition.

'a european upset about hispanic country not spain and' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hilda' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for enchilada that I've seen before include "wrap" , "Mexican dish" , "Mexican tortilla with chilli" , "spicy titbit" , "Mexican food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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