Cheese and some apricot taken (7)
I believe the answer is:
ricotta
'cheese' is the definition.
(ricotta is a kind of cheese)
'some apricot taken' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some of the parts of the word are used).
'RICOTTA' is hidden in the letters of 'apricot taken'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ricotta that I've seen before include "dairy produce" , "one brought on board?" , "may come from Italian press?" , "One soft cheese" , "Italian curd cheese" .)