Southern dish for pepper (8)

I believe the answer is:

splatter

'for pepper' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'southern dish' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'dish' becomes 'platter' (platter is a kind of dish).
's'+'platter'='SPLATTER'

(Other definitions for splatter that I've seen before include "Spatter, splash" , "Sprinkle" , "Prattles (anag)" , "Make a mess" , "Small amount of something liquid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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