Originally grainy nodules; often cheesy; cuisine's highly Italian! (7)
I believe the answer is:
gnocchi
'originally grainy nodules often cheesy cuisine's highly italian' is the definition.
I know that 'italian' relates to this answer.
'originally grainy nodules often cheesy cuisine's highly italian' is the wordplay.
'originally' says to take the initial letters.
'italian' becomes 'I' (abbreviation for Italian).
The initial letters of 'grainy nodules often cheesy cuisines highly' is 'gnocch'.
'gnocch'+'i'='GNOCCHI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gnocchi that I've seen before include "Italian food" , "Small dumplings used like pasta" , "Dumpling dish" , "that is eaten" , "Pasta or potato dumplings" .)