Tame recipe for beef, say (4)
I believe the answer is:
meat
'beef say' is the definition.
(beef is a kind of meat)
'tame recipe' is the wordplay.
'recipe' is an anagram indicator.
'tame' anagrammed gives 'MEAT'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for meat that I've seen before include "Spam, ham, lamb etc" , "Edible flesh" , "Chops, steaks etc" , "Animal flesh as food" , "Eg, beef or pork" .)