Brown on the top, lift to cook slowly (6)
I believe the answer is:
braise
'cook slowly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'brown on the top lift' is the wordplay.
'brown on' becomes 'br' (I am not sure about the 'on' bit.).
'the top' means to remove the first letter.
'lift' becomes 'raise' (raising is a kind of lifting).
'raise' with its first letter removed is 'aise'.
'br'+'aise'='BRAISE'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for braise that I've seen before include "Cook or stew slowly" , "Fry and then stew (food)" , "Rabies (anag.)" , "Cook slowly with little liquid in closed container" , "Cook slowly with little water in closed container" .)