Father meets a girl - a Spanish dish (6)

I believe the answer is:

paella

'a spanish dish' is the definition.
(paella is a type of Spanish dish)

'father meets a girl' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'meets' says to put letters next to each other.
'a girl' becomes 'ella' (girl's name).
'pa'+'ella'='PAELLA'

(Other definitions for paella that I've seen before include "Dish made of rice, shellfish and chicken" , "Fare for Spaniard" , "course in Granada?" , "Traditional Spanish dish" , "foreign dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.

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