Pasta filling, sometimes (4)

I believe the answer is:

meat

(Other definitions for meat that I've seen before include "Chops, steaks etc" , "Beef, chicken, pork etc" , "17 [ESSENCE]" , "Edible flesh" , "Flesh for eating" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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