Work into soup recipe (4)
I believe the answer is:
opus
'work' is the definition.
(an opus is an artistic work)
'soup recipe' is the wordplay.
'recipe' indicates an anagram.
'soup' with letters rearranged gives 'OPUS'.
'into' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for opus that I've seen before include "Work of 25 perhaps" , "Work (of a composer?)" , "A Latin work" , "Composition - magnum __" , "Soup (anag.)" .)