Quail and Pear with a Spiced Wine Sauce

Ingredients

• • 2 small ripe but firm pears, peeled, halved and seeded 

  • 2 tablespoons (30 ml) butter
  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml) olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon (5 ml) sugar
  • 4 quails, partially boned (see note)
  • 1 shallot, finely chopped 

  • 2 star anise pod 

  • 1 cinnamon stick 

  • 1/2 cup (125 ml) sweet wine (Muscat, ice wine, Sauternes, etc.).
  • 1 cup (250 ml) veal or game stock
  • Salt and pepper