Artist with stringed instrument not finishing pasta dish (7)
I believe the answer is:
ravioli
'pasta dish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'artist with stringed instrument not finishing' is the wordplay.
'artist with' becomes 'ra' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'stringed instrument' becomes 'violin' (violin is a kind of stringed instrument).
'not finishing' means to remove the last letter.
'violin' with its final letter taken off is 'violi'.
'ra'+'violi'='RAVIOLI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ravioli that I've seen before include "dish in the trattoria" , "which Verdi may have put away" , "Stuffed pasta squares" , "Fare" , "Italian dish (1)" .)