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Originally Posted by dontman
Same reason you need to rest bread dough prior to baking. I've never had dough that was even close to workable without at least an hour rest. The glutens need time to relax. If I tried to work my dough into pasta at 5 minutes it would disintegrate into ripped shreds of nastiness.
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You must make a much drier dough than me. My pasta turns out fine and I almost always do a very short rest.
I'm not sure what type of rest you're talking about, but in bread, the rest is generally prior to kneading and shaping, not baking. Most recipes call for about a 20 minute rest at that, not 1+ hours.