Cornmeal-Fried Pork Chops and Goat Cheese-Smashed Potatoes Recipe

Ingredients

• For the pork chops
• 6 boneless pork chops (about 3 ounces each)
• 3 About 3 cups buttermilk, whole milk if you can find it
• Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
• 2 cups yellow cornmeal
• Cayenne pepper
• Canola oil (or high heat safflower or sunflower, what I used) for shallow-frying
• For the potatoes
• 3 pounds small-to-medium red potatoes
• Kosher salt
• 1 cup half-and-half (or 1/2 cup milk plus 1/2 cup heavy cream)
• 6 ounces soft goat cheese
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick, 4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, diced and chilled
• 1/2 cup finely sliced fresh chives
• Freshly ground black or white pepper