He makes rice pudding (4)
I believe the answer is:
eric
'he' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'rice pudding' is the wordplay.
'pudding' indicates an anagram (a mixture or pudding of the letters).
'rice' is an anagram of 'ERIC'.
'makes' is the link.
(Other definitions for eric that I've seen before include "Fine" , "-- Idle; -- Morecambe" , "-- Idle, comedian" , "One of pair once popular" , "Boy's name" .)