Red garlic from Nubia is a key ingredient in the cuisine of Trapani. Nubia is a small town in the vicinity of Paceco in the Trapani province. The cultivation of this particular bulb happens mostly in the natural Saline di Trapani reserve and Paceco as well as in the neighboring areas of Erice, Buseto Palizzolo, Valderice, Marsala, Salemi and Trapani. Its bright red hue is owed to high levels of allicin, that is the substance that lends the product its characteristic and pungent aroma and medicinal properties.

This garlic is harvested in May-June in the early hours of the morning to help foragers find the bulbs thanks to the dew that collects on the shoots. This is for the most part still done by hand. So as not to impoverish the soil, the cultivation is rotated alternating crops of yellow Paceco melon.