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' is an anagram indicator.
'soup' anagrammed gives 'OPUS'.
'into' is the 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.)" .)