Make sweet rolls to go with a spring vegetable (9)
I believe the answer is:
asparagus
'vegetable' is the definition.
(I know that asparagus is a type of vegetable)
'make sweet rolls to go with a spring' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'spring' could be 'spa' (spa can mean a mineral spring) and 'spa' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for asparagus that I've seen before include "Plant whose young shoots are cooked as expensive vegeable" , "Vegetable delicacy" , "Green shoots, cooked and eaten as a vegetable" , "Plant with edible shoots" , "Spear-carrier" .)