Meatballs with tomato sauce

Meatballs

• 40 g bread fresh or stale, cut in pieces
• 80 g milk
• 6 - 12 sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves only
• 1 garlic clove (optional)
• 400 g beef mince
• 2 eggs
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• oil for greasing

Tomato sauce

• 1 garlic clove
• 50 - 80 g onions cut in halves
• 20 g extra virgin olive oil
• 600 g crushed tomatoes, canned
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper