Pan Seared Duck with Red Chile Pear Sauce, Bourbon-Brown Sugar Asian Pear Relish and Potato-Blue Cheese Cakes

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4 duck breasts

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Potato-Blue Cheese Cakes, recipe follows

Red Chile Pear Sauce, recipe follows

Asian Pear Relish, recipe follows

Potato Cakes:

2 cups cold mashed potatoes

1/4 cup panko bread crumbs, plus extra for coating

1/2 cup crumbled domestic blue cheese

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Panko crumbs, for dusting

1/4 cup olive oil

Red Chile Pear Sauce:

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 large red onion, finely chopped

1 cup dry red wine

8 cups homemade chicken stock

2 whole New Mexican Red chiles

1 cinnamon stick

2 star anise

3 pears, peeled, seeded and halved

2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Asian Pear Relish:

3 Asian pears, peeled, seeded and diced

1/2 cup bourbon

2 tablespoons light brown sugar