Collected and recollected a legend (7)
I believe the answer is:
gleaned
'collected' is the definition.
(gleaning is a kind of collecting)
'recollected a legend' is the wordplay.
'recollected' indicates anagramming the letters (letters recollected and rearranged).
'a'+'legend'='alegend'
'alegend' anagrammed gives 'GLEANED'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for gleaned that I've seen before include "A legend (anag.)" , "Harvested, gathered" , "Found out" .)