Adapt recipe requiring skewer (6)
I believe the answer is:
pierce
'skewer' is the definition.
(I know that pin is the is a more specific form of the action of skewer.)
'adapt recipe' is the wordplay.
'adapt' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'adapting' mean this).
'recipe' with letters rearranged gives 'PIERCE'.
'requiring' is the link.
(Other definitions for pierce that I've seen before include "Penetrate as with sharp object" , "Stick a pin in" , "boy?" , "Break skin of" , "Make hole in with sharp object" .)