One of the most popular international DJ stars is Fedde le Grand. He is also a well-known record producer whose single "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" hit number one on the UK's singles and the top 5 in the Dutch singles chart. International party scene enthusiasts may recall that the recording won the award as the #1 summer anthem of Ibiza in 1996. "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" is mixed with Madonna's music during the opening of Madonna's live show.

Since 1998, Fedde as played in almost every well-known club in The Netherlands and he is considered to be one of the most energetic and danceable DJs around. Le Grand has also played in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Greece, and Israel. where he can be found next to people such as Deep Dish, Audio Bullies, Tenaglia, and Victor Calderone. In 2003, Fedde started to collaborate with DJ Erick E as Sticky People and produced the tracks for the PlayStation 2 game Cyclone Circus.

Fedde is also one of the innovators of the concept of Sneakerz with different venues with three areas throughout the Netherlands, all with their own sound, and a chance given to upcoming talent performing together with famous DJs. Sneakerz started off at ‘De Rechter’ in Eindhoven and it has grown into one of the most popular clubbing nights all over The Netherlands.

Fedde had a highly successful 2010 word tour performances and played Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle , Miami, Lausanne, Lyon, Munich, Bangkok, Jakarta, São Paulo Casablanca, Berlin, Budapest, Birmingham, Düsseldorf Hong Kong, Singapore, Québec, Toronto, Ibiza, and London, Unfortunately he had just finished his set at the Love Parade in Duisburg, Germany iwhen 20 people were crushed to death at the entrance to the festival grounds.

To celebrate Fedde's birthday, we suggest making Fedde del Cancellieri. This is another Sicilian specialty reflecting their penchant for naming many of their popular foods after body parts. Although literally translated as buttocks, Fedde is also translated as sweet cakes. Ironically, these cheeky desserts were originally popularized by nuns from the convent of Santa Trinita del Cancelliere in Sicily who make them in oval-shaped moulds hinged like a mussel shell, and filled them with custard. There are historical records that they were a favorite of the Marquis de Sade who had his wife order them from the nuns.

Although we have no suggested film we recommend tracking down one of the promo videos of Fedde's OUTPUT World Tour and the Flamingo Nights.

Fedde del Cancellieri
(The Chancellor's Buttocks)

Blancmange Ingredients

Dough Ingredients

4 cups milk
1/2 cup cornstarch
1&1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla

4 cups milk
1&1/2 cups semolina
1&1/4 cups sugar
4 eggs,
2 tsp vanilla
1 TB grated orange rind

Miscellaneous Ingredients
2 cups whole shredded pistachios 1 cup flour 2 eggs, beaten	vegetable oil for frying 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat over to 250°F.
Toast pistachios for 15 minutes. Remove from over and chop fine. Set aside,
Add cornstarch to 1/4 cup of cold milk in a small bowl and until totally dissolved.
Pour remaining milk into a saucepan. Add the cornstarch mixture, sugar and vanilla.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Do not let custard mixture to boil. Keep stirring until thick.
Remove from heat and pour on a large platter to cool.
Put milk, semolina, sugar, eggs, orange rind, and vanilla in a saucepan. Mix well.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until mixture becomes very thick and begins to leave sides of pan.
Turn off heat and set aside to cool.
Stir ground pistachios into dough.
Shape dough into buttock shaped pieces about the size of your palm.
Dip shaped dough into flour. Then into beaten egg. Set aside.
Add oil to pan until 1/4 inch high and cook over medium heat.
Fry buttocks in oil, turning once until lightly browned all over. Drain buttocks on paper towels.
Mix cinnamon and sugar together.
Cut the blancmange into 2 inch squares.
Split buttocks like any other the buns and insert a square of blancmange into each.
Close, shut, and roll in cinnamon sugar.

Makes 1 doz buttocks