4 leg with roasted pears and Recipes

firm ripe anjou pears, peeled, cored, and quartered, rio or other sweet onion, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices, grated lemon rind, fresh lemon juice, honey, olive oil, salt, ground cumin, ground coriander, black pepper, pine nuts, toasted, grated lemon rind, fresh lemon juice, olive oil, ground cumin, ground coriander, salt, paprika, freshly ground black pepper, ground red pepper, garlic cloves, onion, cut into 8 wedges, boneless leg of lamb, trimmed

boned pork legs (6lb 8oz), olive oil, fresh rosemary, leaves chopped, butter (1oz), carrot, finely chopped, stalk celery, finely chopped, onion, roughly chopped, black peppercorns, clear honey, white wine vinegar, dry white wine , such as sauvignon blanc (7fl oz), fresh chicken stock, butter (2oz), dark muscovado sugar, balsamic vinegar, slightly under ripe pears, halved and cored but not peeled

head garlic, cloves removed and peeled, fresh rosemary sprigs, needles stripped from stem, plus 8 sprigs, extra-virgin olive oil, salt and fresh ground black pepper, leg of lamb , boned butterflied and surface fat removed, salt and pepper, red-skinned pears, balsamic vinegar, fresh rosemary sprigs, black pepper polenta , recipe follows, soft polenta with parmesan and black pepper, chicken stock, salt, polenta or yellow cornmeal, heavy cream, unsalted butter, at room temperature, freshly grated parmesan, freshly ground black pepper