After fool's sent back, taste sweet dish (6)
I believe the answer is:
pastry
'sweet dish' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'after fool's sent back taste' is the wordplay.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'fool' becomes 'sap' ('sap' can be a synonym of 'fool'**).
'sent back' is a reversal indicator.
'taste' becomes 'try' ('try' can be a synonym of 'taste').
'sap' reversed gives 'pas'.
'pas' put next to 'try' is 'PASTRY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pastry that I've seen before include "Dough for baking" , "Piecrust; small cake" , "Eg, Danish" , "Cake - tart" , "Pie base" .)