Sauce made with element by a painter (9)
I believe the answer is:
carbonara
'sauce made' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'element by a painter' is the wordplay.
'element' becomes 'carbon' (carbon is a kind of element).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'painter' becomes 'RA' (member of the Royal Academy of Arts).
'carbon'+'a'+'ra'='CARBONARA'
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for carbonara that I've seen is " Type of pasta sauce".)