Possibly Val’s painter makes an alternate menu as entrée (8)
I believe the answer is:
european
'entree' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for european that I've seen before include "Continental inhabitant" , "Of a certain continent" , "'Belgian, Spaniard or Greek, say (8)'" , "The continental is a pure one" , "Continental is curiously A-one pure" .)