The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RAVIOLI
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More clues leading to the result RAVIOLI
- Soft cases used by opera violinists
- Extra violin part you might have at La Scala?
- Pasta Victor served in bar finally with garlic mayonnaise
- Food dish — a thing scraped endlessly after end of supper?
- Gunners fiddle short course
- Start of recipe with garlic mayo encompassing very Italian dish
- Dish sitting among 40 violinists
- Right sort of mayonnaise covering very Italian dish
- Italian food recipe a fiddle, mostly
- Pasta recipe needs a touch of vinegar in garlic mayonnaise
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The straight part
We know that "Italian food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case italian food = ravioli.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RAVIOLI mean?
RAVIOLI noun- Small square parcels of pasta filled with meat, cheese, spinach etc.
- A dish made with ravioli.
- By analogy, similar dishes/pastas from non-Italian cuisines.
- (chiefly in the plural) A single, large parcel of pasta with a filling, served with a sauce.