M Eastern pears in recipe (7)

I believe the answer is:

persian

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'm eastern' is the definition.
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'pears in recipe' is the wordplay.
'recipe' indicates an anagram.
'pears'+'in'='pearsin'
'pearsin' with letters rearranged gives 'PERSIAN'.

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(Other definitions for persian that I've seen before include "Iranian language" , "Long-haired cat" , "From Iran?" , "Type of cat or carpet" , "Breed of cat" .)

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