Make superficially attractive but unpalatable taco ragus (9)

I believe the answer is:

sugarcoat

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'make' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'superficially attractive but unpalatable taco ragus' is the wordplay.
'taco ragus' can be anagrammed to 'SUGARCOAT'.
However, I am not clear how this is indicated.

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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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