NUBIA GARLIC BRAID TYPE GROSSA (FIORONE): A SICILIAN SPECIALTY NOT TO BE MISSED TO MAKE THE BEST TRADITIONAL DISHES

Sicilian red garlic braid of Nubia with 10 heads, typically characterized by a bulb consisting on average of twelve bulbils, the outer tunics white and the inner ones bright red.

The braid consists of 10 heads of Nubian garlic of large type (Fiorone).

Are you looking for a PAT product?

PAT stands for Traditional Agri-Food Product. It is a trademark used exclusively in Italy to distinguish traditional and niche products, with such a reduced diffusion that it does not contribute to the assignment of protected denominations such as PDO and PGI. The aim of the brand is to enhance the local specialties obtained with traditional processing, preservation and maturing methods.

Nubia garlic is a typical PAT product of the Nubia district located in the municipality of Paceco. The cultivation has been practiced for decades in the territory in flat areas and in a non-irrigated hilly environment. Sowing and harvesting are mainly done by hand; Even the realization of the braids is done by hand.

Slow Food Presidium:

The Presidium has brought together some small producers on the basis of a common production specification and a brand that guarantees the origin and quality of the garlic.

This cultivation is still practiced today with traditional methods that have been perpetuated over time ranging from the careful selection of bulbils, to the environmentally friendly cultivation technique, to the manual planting and harvesting up to the drying and braiding phase.