French gallery with picture framing small dish (9)
I believe the answer is:
fricassee
'dish' is the definition.
(fricassee is a kind of dish)
'french gallery with picture framing small' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'french' could be 'fr' (abbreviation) and 'fr' is found within the answer.
'gallery' could be 'ica' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ica' is present in the answer.
'picture' could be 'see' (synonyms) and 'see' is found within the answer.
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fricassee that I've seen before include "Stew of meat in thick white sauce" , "Dish of meat served in a thick white sauce" , "chicken feed!" , "Dish of stewed pieces of meat in a thick sauce" , "Safer ices (anag) - stew" .)