Pasta to follow: one fabricating popular starter for Italians (10)

I believe the answer is:

tagliarini

'pasta' is the definition.

'follow one fabricating popular starter for italians' is the wordplay.
'follow' becomes 'tag'.
'one fabricating' becomes 'liar'.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'starter for' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'starters for' mean this).
The initial letter of 'italians' is 'i'.
'tag'+'liar'+'in'+'i'='TAGLIARINI'

'to' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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