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European dessert mostly filled with last of bread (5)

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I believe the answer is:

swede

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'european' is the definition.
(Swede is an example)

'dessert mostly filled with last of bread' is the wordplay.
'dessert' becomes 'sweet' ('sweet' can be a synonym of 'dessert').
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'filled with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'last of bread' becomes 'd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sweet' with its last letter removed is 'swee'.
'swee' placed around 'd' is 'SWEDE'.

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(Other definitions for swede that I've seen before include "N European" , "Nobel for one" , "Sort of turnip - one from Scandinavia?" , "Scandinavian; root veg." , "Root vegetable - European" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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