Strong flavour before wrapping in fruit (9)
I believe the answer is:
tangerine
'fruit' is the definition.
(tangerine is a kind of fruit)
'strong flavour before wrapping in' is the wordplay.
'strong flavour' becomes 'tang' (I've seen this before).
'before' becomes 'ere' (poetic term for 'before').
'wrapping' is an insertion indicator.
'ere' placed around 'in' is 'erine'.
'tang'+'erine'='TANGERINE'
(Other definitions for tangerine that I've seen before include "orange colour" , "Moroccan" , "shade" , "Variety of mandarin orange" , "Small citrus fruit with a loose skin" .)