Italian food in her canapé seems unusual (8,6)

I believe the answer is:

parmesan cheese

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'italian food' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'her canape seems unusual' is the wordplay.
'unusual' is an anagram indicator.
'her'+'canape'+'seems'='hercanapeseems'
'hercanapeseems' anagrammed gives 'PARMESAN CHEESE'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for parmesan cheese that I've seen is " Italian dairy product".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.

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