Fruit and veg plus starter of risotto (4)
I believe the answer is:
pear
'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that pear is a fruit)
'veg plus starter of risotto' is the wordplay.
'veg' becomes 'pea' (pea is a type of vegetable).
'plus' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'starter of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'risotto' is 'r'.
'pea'+'r'='PEAR'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for pear that I've seen before include "Cider-making fruit" , "Tapering fleshy fruit - reap it" , "Source of cider" , "Tasty fruit to reap" , "One fruit sounds like two" .)