Philosopher cooked risotto without onions originally in drink (9)
I believe the answer is:
aristotle
'philosopher' is the definition.
(Aristotle is an example)
'cooked risotto without onions originally in drink' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'drink' could be 'tot' (I've seen this before) and 'tot' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aristotle that I've seen before include "philosophy tutor" , "Ancient Athenian philosopher, pupil of Plato" , "Great Greek philosopher of 4th century B.C." , "Ancient Greek philosopher" , "Greek philosopher, pupil of Plato, tutor of Alexander the Great" .)