Step 1
Prepare ingredients.
Step 2
Boil remaining wine, add sugar and teaspoon of balsamic vinegar, incorporate butter, reduce heat and whisk until thickened.
Step 3
By this time pears should be ready. Arrange on plate and drizzle with cooking wine.
Step 4
Then place breast on foil and bake in 200°C oven for about 20 minutes.
Step 5
After some time flip breast, fry until golden brown.
Step 6
Heat pan to medium temperature, grease with oil, place duck skin-side down. Important! Temperature should be below medium so fat renders slowly without sealing meat. Let fat render gradually while breast cooks slowly.
Step 7
Meanwhile wash duck breast, pat dry. Make crosshatch cuts in skin without cutting into meat. Season with salt and pepper.
Step 8
Add pears to wine, reduce heat to medium-low and cook for about an hour.
Step 9
In small saucepan, bring wine to boil, add star anise and cinnamon.
Step 10
Wash pears, peel them but leave stems intact.
Step 11
Final step: remove breast from oven, slice thinly and arrange on warmed plate. Add pear and drizzle with prepared sauce.