Ingredients of tapas, satay and Italian sauce (7)

I believe the answer is:

passata

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'italian sauce' is the definition.
'passata' can be an answer for 'sauce' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'italian' bit.

'ingredients of tapas satay' is the wordplay.
'ingredients' says the answer is hidden in the clue (I've seen 'ingredient of' mean this).
'PASSATA' is hidden within 'of tapas satay'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for passata that I've seen before include "Tomato sauce" , "Sieved tomato puree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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