Possible Clues:

• Italian potato dumplings
• Italian dish
• Legend gets no initial comfort from Greek letter produced in Italian restaurant
• Dumpling dish
• Turns up, no good commanding officer has Greek letter from Italian restaurant
• Flour, semolina or potato dumplings
• As some might say, disparage current dish
• Small Italian dumplings
• A course in Rome ultimately rivalling Cochin, perhaps
• Good church investing in image that's recalled simple meal?