First recipe is only a fried patty (7)
I believe the answer is:
rissole
'a fried patty' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'first recipe is only' is the wordplay.
'first recipe' becomes 'r' (1st letter of 'recipe').
'only' becomes 'sole' (synonyms).
'r'+'is'+'sole'='RISSOLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rissole that I've seen before include "Compressed meat and spices in breadcrumbs, fried" , "Fried and breadcrumbed dish" , "Spiced meat coated in breadcrumbs and fried" , "Fried meat/breadcrumb ball" , "Fried small cake of chopped meat" .)