Mushroom Sauce for Steak

This is yet another recipe that Will started me on, but I made some modifications to:

Base is chicken or beef stock. Use enough for whatever dish or amount of company you have.
Add some soy sauce, red wine, pepper, fresh chopped garlic, chopped green onions, and some mushrooms, diced. I prefer to use crimini or portabello for flavor.
Simmer it on low heat until reduced by about 25%.
Add whole washed mushrooms and boil them for about 15 minutes. Eat the mushrooms & sauce on steak. YUM!
also -- if you grill big mushrooms for a few minutes, then put them in the sauce, they are excellent!

Variation on Will's Bread

OK, so while we were wine tasting, one of the chef's at Tobin James brought out some YUMMY treats. While I was three sheets (or more) to the wind, Will remembered some of what the delectable treats tasted like.... Here's my version of his version:

I usually make two types of bread, one geared more toward adults, and one for the kiddos... so for the "kid" half, I just left off the tomatoes & green onions. The white onions with the brown sugar taste sweet, so they didn't even notice they were there.

Dice up a couple fresh roma tomatoes, (5 or so) green onions, and sprinkle some (1/2 cup +/-) balsamic vinegar on them while preparing the rest of the recipe
Fresh loaf of french bread, cut in half lengthwise
Light Mayo & shredded parmesan cheese mixed, about 4:1 ratio, spread onto both halves of the bread
Saute approx. 1/2 cup of white onions and 2 cloves of garlic in approx. 1 Tbsp of olive oil, until onions are translucent, but not brown
Spread that on both halves of bread
Sprinkle brown sugar over the onion mixture
Sprinkle tomatoes & onions over the onion
Salt & pepper to taste
Sprinkle a little more parmesan, romano or feta cheese over the top

Broil in oven until slightly brown and a little crisp.