Green Tea Cheesecake with Choco-Cashew Cookies

“Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.” 

― Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret

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How about when making green tea cheesecake? ;)

Green Tea is calling...shhhhh please don't tell dark chocolate!

Ingredients:

for Green Tea Cream Cheese Layer

70 g or 1 pack of  Chocolate Cookies with cashew nut (or digestive biscuits of your choice)

80 g butter, melted

250 g Cream Cheese Block, softened

1/2 can sweet condensed milk

2,5 teaspoon gelatin powder,

dissolved in 1/2 coffee cup hot water

1 tablespoon Green tea* of your choice, dissolved in 1/3 coffee cup hot water
(*My choice = Thai Tea "Number One" Brand, commonly known as "Hand Brand")

for Vanilla Cream cheese layer

1/2 Cream Cheese Blocks (125g), softened

2 tablespoons sweet condensed milk

1 teaspoon gelatin powder,
dissolved in 1/4 coffee cup hot water

1 teaspoon lime or lemon juice

1 teaspoon Vanilla essence

That little white piece on the top-left is marshmallow! :)

How to: 

• Using food processor or a rolling pin to make cookie crumbs. Combine the crumbs and butter with a fork until well blended and press in the base of a 16-cm spring pan; chill for about 10-15 minutes.; 
• Beat the cream cheese in a bowl using electric mixer until smooth. Beat in gelatin mixture until just combined. Gently fold in green tea mixture, continue beating until smooth; 
• Pour mixture into prepared tin. Break remaining cookies into bite size pieces and add in the mixture. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or until set;
• Repeat the same process for the vanilla cream cheese mixture;
• Pour the mixture on top of the set green tea layer. Drizzle with dark chocolate ganache and.refrigerate for another 2 hours or until set;
• Transfer the cheesecake onto the serving plate. Enjoy! :)