3 pan seared with and blue cheese 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

portabella mushrooms (cleaned ), butter, bacon (chopped ), onion (finely chopped ), all-purpose flour, chicken stock, milk, blue cheese, parsley (chopped ), olive oil, salt and pepper