If they’re really hard, bake them in the oven with butter, fresh ginger slices, spices, and sugar. This is what I did with my inedibly hard pears and it was delicious!

I think it’d be fun to steep pears in alcohol to make a liqueur.

Make a pear tart with a layer of almond paste or marzipan underneath

Stewed in wine with spices

Buttered spaetzle with paprika and sliced pears as a side dish