How can I best dry homemade extruded pasta?
Over the years I have extruded pasta hung on poles and let dry for 12 to 24 hours.  Room temperature and humidity is what it's all about I have found that on humid days the pasta dried slower and was very strong.  On low humidity days it would break and not be strong at all.  I haver extruded over 100,000 pounds using semolina eggs and water.  Weigh your eggs and water every batch cause your eggs will weigh different each batch.  If you adjust your water by very small amounts it makes a huge difference.  Extruded pasta dried is the best pasta you will ever eat.