Rind of Emmental in Russian food and drink (7)
I believe the answer is:
bellini
'drink' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'rind of emmental in russian food' is the wordplay.
'rind of' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'rinds of' mean this (the outsides or skins of the words)).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'russian food' becomes 'blini' (I've seen this before).
'emmental' with its centre taken out is 'el'.
'el' going inside 'blini' is 'BELLINI'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for bellini that I've seen before include "Champagne and peach cocktail" , "Cocktail; composer of opera Norma" , "Peach juice cocktail" , "Musical artist" , "scorer" .)