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Recalled label off a doughnut dessert in trattoria (8)

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affogato

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'dessert in trattoria' is the definition.
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'recalled label off a doughnut' is the wordplay.
'recalled' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'label' becomes 'tag' (tag is a kind of label).
'doughnut' becomes 'o' (letter resembling a doughnut).
'tag'+'off'+'a'='tagoffa'
'tagoffa' backwards is 'affogat'.
'affogat'+'o'='AFFOGATO'

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