Goes for recipe in pans (5)
I believe the answer is:
works
'goes' is the definition.
(working is a kind of going)
'recipe in pans' is the wordplay.
'recipe' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in medical prescriptions).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pans' becomes 'woks' (wok is a kind of pan).
'r' placed inside 'woks' is 'WORKS'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for works that I've seen before include "Plants; operates" , "Factory; has a job" , "Acts: the > opera" , "Functions" , "Employs physical or mental effort" .)