Diminutive suffix in Italian cuisine (4)

I believe the answer is:

ella

(Other definitions for ella that I've seen before include "Ms Fitzgerald" , "Great late jazz singer . . . . Fitzgerald" , "Girl" , "Diminutive of Eleanor" , "- Wheeler Wilcox, US poet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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