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Vegetable from Spain, prepared cold and hot (7)

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I believe the answer is:

spinach

'vegetable' is the definition.
(spinach is a kind of vegetable)

'spain prepared cold and hot' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hot' becomes 'h'.
'spain' is an anagram of 'spina'.
'spina'+'c'+'h'='SPINACH'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for spinach that I've seen before include "leaves on plate?" , "Popeye the Sailor's favourite vegetable" , "Popeye's vegetable" , "Dark green vegetable" , "Leaf vegetable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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