Time with au pair or char, occasionally making pudding (7)
I believe the answer is:
tapioca
'pudding' is the definition.
(tapioca pudding is a kind of pudding)
'time with au pair or char occasionally' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'au'+'pair'+'or'+'char'='aupairorchar'
The alternating letters of 'aupairorchar' are 'apioca'.
't'+'apioca'='TAPIOCA'
'making' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for tapioca that I've seen before include "course" , "Substance from cassava used to thicken puddings" , "Pudding thickener" , "Ciao, Pat, have some strange pudding" , "I act OAP (anag) - edible substance made from cassava" .)