Pasta recipe with starter of veal in garlic sauce (7)
I believe the answer is:
ravioli
'pasta' is the definition.
(I know that ravioli is a type of pasta)
'recipe with starter of veal in garlic sauce' is the wordplay.
'recipe' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in medical prescriptions).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'starter of' suggests taking the first letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'garlic sauce' becomes 'aioli' (synonyms).
The initial letter of 'veal' is 'v'.
'v' inserted into 'aioli' is 'avioli'.
'r'+'avioli'='RAVIOLI'
(Other definitions for ravioli that I've seen before include "Small stuffed pasta" , "Filled pasta envelopes" , "which Verdi may have put away" , "dish in the trattoria" , "Stuffed pasta squares" .)