1Cut your bacon into small pieces.
2Start to cook the bacon in a pan on low heat.
3In the meantime, dice your onion.
4When the bacon is around halfway cooked, add the onion to the pan.
5As this cooks, cut your grape tomatoes in half.
6When the bacon is cooked and the shallots are brown, add the tomatoes.
7Let it cook on a medium flame for around 20 minutes, and be sure to stir every few minutes.
8About 10 minutes after the sauce starts to cook, boil some water and salt generously.
9When the water is brought to a boil, throw in your rigatoni.
10When the pasta is almost done, add half a cup of pasta water to the sauce as well as salt and pepper to taste.
11After the rigatoni are al dente, strain them and add them to the sauce.
12Mix well and finish with grated cheese.