Salad with a hot blue brie starter mix (9)
I believe the answer is:
tabbouleh
'salad' is the definition.
(I know that Tabbouleh is a salad)
'a hot blue brie starter mix' is the wordplay.
'starter' suggests taking the first letters.
'mix' is an anagram indicator.
The initial letter of 'brie' is 'b'.
'a'+'hot'+'blue'+'b'='ahotblueb'
'ahotblueb' with letters rearranged gives 'TABBOULEH'.
'with' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for tabbouleh that I've seen before include "Mediterranean salad" , "Middle Eastern salad dish" , "course around the Middle East?" .)