Bet there's a risk in having beef (7)
I believe the answer is:
brisket
'beef' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'bet there's a risk in' is the wordplay.
'there's a risk' becomes 'risk'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bet' going around 'risk' is 'BRISKET'.
'having' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brisket that I've seen before include "Breast of four-legged animal" , "Meat cut from the breast of an animal" , "Risk bet on a strange cut of meat" , "Cut of beef from near the ribs" , "Cut of meat from a cow's breast" .)