4 with bourbon pear sauce Recipes

duck breasts, salt and freshly ground pepper, potato-blue cheese cakes , recipe follows, red chile pear sauce , recipe follows, asian pear relish , recipe follows, cold mashed potatoes, panko bread crumbs, plus extra for coating, crumbled domestic blue cheese, salt and freshly ground pepper, panko crumbs , for dusting, olive oil, olive oil, red onion, finely chopped, dry red wine, homemade chicken stock, whole new mexican red chiles, cinnamon stick, star anise, pears, peeled, seeded and halved, cold unsalted butter, salt and freshly ground pepper, asian pears, peeled, seeded and diced, bourbon, light brown sugar

all-purpose flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, low-fat buttermilk, butter or stick margarine, melted and cooled, egg, lightly beaten

hard cider, chicken broth, homemade or low-sodium canned, worcestershire sauce, garlic, finely chopped, gruyere, grated, sharp vermont or new york yellow cheddar, corn starch, cayenne pepper, salt, bourbon , whiskey or apple jack, optional, cooked chicken and apple sausages, chorizo, or mini hot dogs; sliced baguette or black bread, radishes, roasted shallots, roasted mushrooms or small fingerlings or baby potatoes, pears, apples, or pretzels.