Author hosting male relative consumed fruit (11)
I believe the answer is:
pomegranate
'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that pomegranate is a type of fruit)
'author hosting male relative consumed' is the wordplay.
'author' becomes 'poe' (Edgar Allan Poe).
'hosting' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are welcomed in or hosted).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'relative' becomes 'gran' (short for grandmother).
'consumed' becomes 'ate' (to eat is to consume food).
'poe' placed around 'm' is 'pome'.
'pome'+'gran'+'ate'='POMEGRANATE'
(Other definitions for pomegranate that I've seen before include "tree" , "fruit, please!" , "Semitropical fruit with many seeds" , "Seeded fruit" , "Many-seeded fruit" .)