Peel complimentary dried fruit (6)
I believe the answer is:
raisin
'dried fruit' is the definition.
(raisin is a kind of dried fruit)
'peel complimentary' is the wordplay.
'peel' indicates the central letters.
'complimentary' becomes 'praising' ('praising' can be similar in meaning to 'complimentary').
The central letters of 'praising' are 'RAISIN'.
(Other definitions for raisin that I've seen before include "sultana, say" , "A dried grape used in cake" , "Partially dried grape" , "fruit product" , "Large dried grape" .)