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I will always do the cold prep first, then wash and tidy away everything I can before starting to cook.
But having organised prep before you start cooking isn't necessarily going to lead to zero mess after.
The recipe I chose as an example was specifically because it's one which makes life difficult. The bernaise sauce in particular wants to be served when it's freshly made and hot. So you'd cook the steak, and while the steak is resting you cook the sauce.
The sauce requires combining eggs and hot melted butter in a blender and blasting it until emulsified, and then after that adding the fresh tarragon you prepped earlier. Then you serve immediately.
So no matter how much mise-en-place you did, at the end you've still got at least a dirty steak pan, butter pan, kale pan, blender, dish for the tarragon, measuring jug, and various utensils...
And oh - the measuring jug was not used for measuring, but rather to transfer the hot butter from the pan to the blender.
If you found a way to avoid all that then great, you're doing very well indeed.
Who cares what it wants. You're the chef, you take charge.
Skip the blender and make bearnaise the classic way, wilt the kale in the steak pan while it's resting and give it a quick toss before serving. Two pans, two bowls, a small dish for the tarragon, a whisk and a pair of tongs. Put a bit a water in the hot pans while you eat to soften anything left in them. An immersion blender is a good compromise for sauces like this too, I find them easier to clean than a pitcher. Either way it should take no more than five minutes to tidy up after. (You can also make the bearnaise first and hold it in a warm oven, it'll be fine)