Creme de Menthe Cheesecake

I love anything that's chocolate and mint flavoured. I especially love using Creme de Menthe because it imparts a delicate mint flavour and a gorgeous colour to anything I make. I find the Tefal Cuisine Companion perfect for making cheesecakes, you can make the cream cheese (recipe can be found by typing cream cheese in the search function) and the chocolate biscuits for this cheesecake as well as crushing the biscuits and mixing the cheesecake mixture in your Tefal Cuisine Companion.

Note: You can add some peppermint essence if you prefer a stronger mint taste.
Note: After combining Creme de Menthe and gelatine keep stirring regurlarly to prevent mixture    from setting. You can place in microwave on low setting for a few seconds if it starts to set and stir until it's at room temperature before adding to cheesecake mixture.

Biscuit base

150 gms Plain Chocolate Biscuits
75 gms Dark Chocolate, melted (I melted in microwave)
1 teaspoon Vegetable Oil (I used Canola oil)
Insert Ultrablade. Stopper in.
Crush biscuits using pulse button until done with internal steam basket inserted.
Place biscuit crumbs in separate bowl, add melted chocolate and oil, stir to combine.
Press into base of  20cm springform cake tin (you may not use all the crumb mixture, it depends on how thick you like your biscuit base) and refrigerate.

Cheesecake layer:

70 gms Creme de Menthe
10 gms gelatine powder
250 gms cream cheese softened
395gm condensed milk
300 mls thickened cream
1/4 teaspoon peppermint essence or to taste (optional)
Pour Creme de Menthe into a small heatproof bowl, microwave on medium high until boiling (this will only take a few seconds) remove from microwave and start stirring vigorously with fork, add gelatine quickly and keep stirring until gelatine dissolves. Set aside stirring regularly until cooled to room temperature.
Insert Kneading Blade
Add cream cheese, Speed 11 until smooth, scraping down sides with spatula every 10 seconds.
Add condensed milk, Speed 10 until fully combined, scraping down sides and around blade with spatula every 10 seconds.
Insert Whisk.
Add cream.
Speed 7 for 1 min 30 sec or until mixture thickens, scraping down sides of bowl with spatula every 20 seconds.
Add combined Creme de Menthe and gelatine mixture.
Speed 6 for 15 seconds.
Taste and add peppermint essence if using,
Speed 6 for 5 seconds
Remove whisk, give a light stir with spatula and pour onto biscuit base.
Refrigerate until set.

Decorate as desired.