Sidebar reappearing folder

When burning a CD using Finder's own burn command an Icon appeared in the Sidebar which now won't go away. I try dragging it to the trash can but when I go back to Finder it's always there! I can't right-click on it and if you left-click it just says: The volume "Untitled CD.fpbf" cannot be found.
Anyone know how to get rid of this?
Thanks

thank you for your welcome,
yes, i tried restarting and also did as you suggest with the CD, but no difference. I'm not too worried as it is not affecting performance, is more a cosmetic issue and I don't like not being able to work something out!
As a very recent convert to Mac I don't have the technical skill to investigate in great depth.
Thanks for your advice all the same.

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