With an English mother, is of Dutch origin (4)
I believe the answer is:
edam
'of dutch origin' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'with an english mother' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'an english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'mother' becomes 'dam' (female parent of an animal).
'e' put next to 'dam' is 'EDAM'.
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for edam that I've seen before include "Made (anag) - Dutch cheese" , "Madeinto popular cheese" , "Hard Dutch cheese" , "Yellow cheese with a red covering" , "Made into a nice cheese" .)