Indeed you can! However, I find that this approach is not worth it except in one case, because washing a box grater is annoying, and cubing the butter works well enough.
(That one exception is when making pie dough by hand, i.e. without a food processor.)
(Also, I expect the “cleaning is annoying” calculus is different for people who own a dishwasher… although some box graters may not be dishwasher-safe—I am fairly sure mine is not, for instance.)
Thin slices work pretty well too. Or you can (with care) accelerate the process with a microwave oven on its lowest setting.
You can also grate butter, as in with a cheese grater, and that helps too.
Indeed you can! However, I find that this approach is not worth it except in one case, because washing a box grater is annoying, and cubing the butter works well enough.
(That one exception is when making pie dough by hand, i.e. without a food processor.)
(Also, I expect the “cleaning is annoying” calculus is different for people who own a dishwasher… although some box graters may not be dishwasher-safe—I am fairly sure mine is not, for instance.)
The microwave method is a lot more error-prone! (Also, I don’t own a microwave.)