Element revolting artist added to a sauce (9)
I believe the answer is:
carbonara
'sauce' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'element revolting artist added to a' is the wordplay.
'element' becomes 'carbon' (carbon is a kind of element).
'revolting' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'added to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ra' in reverse letter order is 'ar'.
'carbon'+'ar'+'a'='CARBONARA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for carbonara that I've seen is " Type of pasta sauce".)