Bobby Flay's Meatball & Sauce

Ingredients

• 226.8 g 0.5 pound ground beef
• 226.8 g 0.5 pound ground pork *see notes
• 226.8 g 0.5 pound ground veal *see notes
• 2 large eggs
• 25 ml 0.25 cup parmesan cheese
• 4 cloves garlic
• 27 ml 0.25 cup dry bread crumbs
• 15 g 0.25 cup parsley
• some salt and pepper
• 216 ml 1 cup olive oil
• 2 Tbsps olive oil
• 1 large spanish onion
• 1.59 kgs 56 ounce canned pureed plum tomatoes and their juice
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 small bunch parsley
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes
• 6 basil leaves