Wash tomatoes, with a knife, put an X across the bottom of the tomato
Place Tomatoes in boiling water, for 60 - 90 seconds, remove from boiling water, shock in an ice bath
Remove tomato skin, cut the tomato in half, squeeze the center of the tomato out into a fine strainer
Your goal is to reserve the juice and meat of the tomato remove the seeds
Once all of the tomatoes are squeezed, reduce the tomato liquid by 1/2.
Saute the celery, and onions in a separate pan.
Add the tomato pulp to a pan, at medium-high heat, cook for 10 - 15 minutes,
Strain the tomato pulp from the liquid, add this liquid to the other tomato liquid, reduce it by half
Add the tomato pulp to the celery and onions, add the reduced tomato juice
Puree the mixture in a blender (if using a traditional blender blend before adding the liquid), or using an immersion blender blend the entire mixture. add oil, and season with salt and pepper.
Add ribbon cut basil
Serve, garnish with ribbon cut basil