Servant carrying too much stew (7)

I believe the answer is:

pottage

'stew' is the definition.
(pottage is a kind of stew)

'servant carrying too much' is the wordplay.
'servant' becomes 'page' (I've seen this before).
'carrying' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'too much' becomes 'ott' (short for 'over the top' - informal British).
'page' placed around 'ott' is 'POTTAGE'.

(Another definition for pottage that I've seen is " Soup or stew".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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