Slow mover prepared risotto close to stove (8)
I believe the answer is:
tortoise
'slow mover' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'prepared risotto close to stove' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'close to' indicates one should take the final letters (the close/ending of).
The last letter of 'stove' is 'e'.
'risotto' is an anagram of 'tortois'.
'tortois'+'e'='TORTOISE'
(Other definitions for tortoise that I've seen before include "Slow mover" , "One shelled" , "Slow reptile that raced a hare" , "Expected to be slow" , "Shelled creature" .)