Male in Spanish city starts to prefer exquisite entrées, loving covering of fruit (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
lemon peel
'covering of fruit' is the definition.
(covering of a lemon)
'male in spanish city starts to prefer exquisite entrees loving' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'spanish city' becomes 'leon' (I've seen this in other clues).
'starts to' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'prefer exquisite entrees loving' is 'peel'.
'm' put into 'leon' is 'lemon'.
'lemon'+'peel'='LEMON PEEL'
(Other definitions for lemon peel that I've seen before include "Source of zest" , "twist" .)