Recipe, initially, is only for fried food (7)
I believe the answer is:
rissole
'fried food' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'recipe initially is only' is the wordplay.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'only' becomes 'sole' (synonyms).
The initial letter of 'recipe' is 'r'.
'r'+'is'+'sole'='RISSOLE'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rissole that I've seen before include "faggot" , "Spiced meat coated in breadcrumbs and fried" , "Losers I find in the chopped meat dish" , "Small pastry" , "Lorises (anag)" .)