Cheese and tea around European religious man (7)
I believe the answer is:
cheddar
'cheese' is the definition.
(I know that cheddar is a type of cheese)
'tea around european religious man' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'char' (I've seen this before).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'religious man' becomes 'DD' (abbreviation for Doctor of Divinity degree).
'e'+'dd'='edd'
'char' placed around 'edd' is 'CHEDDAR'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for cheddar that I've seen before include "Cheese; Somerset town" , "Firm cheese originally from Somerset" , "part of ploughman's lunch" , "Mendip gorge" , "Hard cheese" .)