Meatballs with Tomato Sauce

Meatballs

• 2 oz bread, fresh or stale, cubed
• 3 oz whole milk
• 6 - 12 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves only
• 1 garlic clove (optional)
• 16 oz ground beef, crumbled
• 2 eggs
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• oil, to grease

Tomato Sauce

• 1 garlic clove
• 2 - 3 oz yellow onions, halved
• 1 oz extra virgin olive oil
• 30 oz canned crushed tomatoes
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper