Japanese dish of cheese with filling of ramen (7)

I believe the answer is:

edamame

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'japanese dish' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'cheese with filling of ramen' is the wordplay.
'cheese' becomes 'edam' (Edam is an example).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'filling of' says to take the centre (the letters which fill the inside of the word).
The middle of 'ramen' is 'ame'.
'edam'+'ame'='EDAMAME'

'of' is the link.

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(Another definition for edamame that I've seen is " type of bean".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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