The gelatinous aspect is because they use those horrid baby corns, cob and all.
And lots of bones. That makes it gelatinous.
Although others feel differently, I think you should make the stock one day and make the soup the next day.
Corn Chowder:
A 2 pound bag of frozen corn kernels (NOT the whole cobs) or 3 or 4 cans of Green Giant Niblets brand corn
2 litres chicken stock
1 litre whipping cream
If using canned corn, dump the corn AND its liquid into a pot, add the
well-flavoured chicken stock
Bring to a quick boil. Reduce heat and simmer for a few minutes.
With an immersion blender, blend it pretty well, but leave few kernels whole.
Dump in a litre of heavy cream, season, and enjoy.
You can make this with fresh corn in the summer, of course.
You can also add some crumbled cooked bacon at the end.
The trick to soup like this is your stock. You use exactly the same method for making cream of broccoli, cream of cauliflower.
I make a lot of soup. Right now I have a big pot of Black Bean soup warming up.
Black bean soup
Soak overnight in water that covers them by at LEAST 3 inches, about 2 - 3 cups of black beans (turtle beans)
The next morning, drain the beans, cover them with fresh water or stock or a water and stock combination, and put on to boil. When the boil, turn the heat down, cover them and simmer them while you are:
chopping 2 large onions
mincing 4 garlic cloves
Gently sweat these items in either olive oil or maybe some chopped bacon, whichever you like. While sweating them, chuck in a half a teaspoon of red pepper flakes and a bay leaf, a few whole black peppercorns. It doesn't matter if the onions brown a bit, but keep the heat low so the garlic doesn't burn.
The beans should be getting tender. Put the onion/garlic/seasoning mix in and simmer until the beans are tender.
Then add, if you want, some stewed tomatoes (2 small cans, or 1 large 28 oz can) and maybe some salsa. Taste for seasoning.
Serve with a glob of sour cream in each bowl.
This is divine. And it is even more divine if you serve it over rice, Cuban style.
You can use canned beans. Do not discard the canning water, it's got good bean stuff in it.