Scottish vegetable cuisine epicurean embraces (4)

I believe the answer is:

neep

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'scottish vegetable' is the definition.
'neep' can be an answer for 'vegetable' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'scottish' bit.

'cuisine epicurean embraces' is the wordplay.
'embraces' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (I've seen 'embraced' mean this).
'NEEP' is hidden in the letters of 'cuisine epicurean'.

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(Other definitions for neep that I've seen before include "Scots veg" , "vegetable in Scotland" , "Root" , "(Scottish) turnip" , "Scots turnip" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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