Turkish official taking Italian food with tea that is hot (5)
I believe the answer is:
pasha
'turkish official taking italian food with tea that is hot' is the definition.
'pasha' can be an answer for 'turkish official' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the remainder of the definition.
'turkish official taking italian food' is the wordplay.
'turkish official taking italian' becomes 'pash' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'food' becomes 'a' (A is an example).
'pash'+'a'='PASHA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pasha that I've seen before include "Civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt" , "Former provincial governor in Egypt" , "High-ranking Turkish officer" , "Turkish title" , "Turkish high-ranker" .)