How do you Tell if Home Made Pasta is Dry Enough to put through the Cutter? When making Pasta with my new pasta maker I had the following Steps:


Make sheets from the dough using the roller part of the Pasta Maker
Let these sheets dry to a certain extent
Put the pasta sheets through the spaghetti or linguine cutters


It seemed if it wasn't try enough the pieces would stick together to much and if it was too dry it would break up a little and be a little hard to get started in the cutter.

What qualities do you look for in the pasta sheets to tell when it is the ideal dryness to pass through the cutter?
The real answer is that you learn by feel. So what you do is, start feeding it and if it is a little sticky, dust some flour on it. Conversely, if it is too dry and starts to crack, spritz it with a little bit of water from a spray bottle. Soon you will learn when to make these adjustments.