Seasoned mixture cooked, a piece of bacon shortly thrown in (8)
I believe the answer is:
marinade
'seasoned mixture' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'cooked a piece of bacon shortly thrown in' is the wordplay.
'cooked' becomes 'made' ('make' can be a synonym of 'cook').
'piece of bacon' becomes 'rind' (hard edge on some bacon).
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'thrown in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a'+'rind'='arind'
'arind' with its last letter taken away is 'arin'.
'made' placed around 'arin' is 'MARINADE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for marinade that I've seen before include "Food is steeped in this to improve flavour" , "In a dream (anag.)" , "pickle" , "Mixture for soaking foods before cooking" , "Spicy liquid for soaking meat or fish" .)