Ingredients

• 2 8 - ounce package cream cheese
  
• 1 8 - ounce package Camembert cheese, rind removed and cut up
  
• 1 cup shredded aged white cheddar, provolone or Swiss cheese (4 ounces)
  
• 1/4 cup butter
  
• 1/4 cup sake, dry white wine or milk
  
• 2 tablespoons apricot or peach preserves
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper or black pepper
  
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted and chopped
  
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese or Romano cheese
  
• 1 inch stick cinnamon
  
• 1 small fresh bay leaf
  
• Sesame crackers, celery stalks, cucumber slices, Bosc or Anjou pear slices, apple wedges and/or dried apricot halves