Country Fried Pork with Sweet Potato Waffle Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups vegetable shortening
• 2 4-oz. Boneless Pork Chops
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 Tbsp. hot sauce
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Sweet Potato Waffle (recipe to follow)
• Apple Compote (recipe to follow)
• 4 sage leaves
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 4 oz. cooked sweet potato, mashed
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 oz. brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. melted butter
• 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
• 1/2 Tbsp. baking powder
• Pinch of kosher salt
• 3 egg whites (whipped to stiff peaks)
• 1 cup water
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
• 2 Gala apples, peeled, cut into wedges