Meat, very European, the French brought up (4)
I believe the answer is:
veal
'meat' is the definition.
(veal is a kind of meat)
'very european the french brought up' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'v' (abbreviation).
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'the french' becomes 'la'.
'brought up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (down clues only).
'la' reversed gives 'al'.
'v'+'e'+'al'='VEAL'
(Other definitions for veal that I've seen before include "Calf flesh" , "Type of meat" , "meat, R [ROSE] maybe" , "White meat" , "Calf's flesh as food" .)