it is a pasta shape and means "little ones"
Secrets of a Restaurant Chef - 2008 The Secret to Piccolini 3-8 was released on: USA: 13 December 2008
The singular piccina or piccolina and the plural piccine or piccoline in the feminine and the singular piccino or piccolino and the plural piccini or piccolini in the masculine are Italian equivalents of the English word "wee." Context makes clear whether it is a question of one (cases 1, 3) or more (examples 2, 4) in a female (instances 1, 2), male (options 3, 4) or mixed female and male (sample 4) audience. The respective pronunciations will be "peat-TCHEE-na" or PEEK-ko-LEE-na" and "peat-TCHEE-ney" or PEEK-ko-LEE-ney" in the feminine and "peat-TCHEE-no" or PEEK-ko-LEE-no" and "peat-TCHEE-nee" or PEEK-ko-LEE-nee" in the masculine in Italian.