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Quickly take out sauce (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pesto

'sauce' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'quickly take out' is the wordplay.
'quickly' becomes 'presto' (I've seen this before).
'take' becomes 'r' (recipe is latin for take - r is abbreviation).
'out' suggests deleting specific letters.
'presto' with 'r' taken out is 'PESTO'.

(Other definitions for pesto that I've seen before include "Pasta sauce mainly of basil and cheese" , "A sauce served with pasta" , "Basil-based sauce" , "Italian sauce containing basil" , "sauce involving Basil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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