Gnocchi with Bacon and Sweet Peas

I think of gnocchi as a rich, hearty dish, and this is one. But with the fresh flavors of lemon and thyme, it's also light and fresh. I don't quite get how that's possible, other than with a fabulous balance of kinds of flavors. It's very important to give the dish a few minutes at the end to "allow flavors to blend" - this is a dish that actually improved markedly over a couple of minutes, basically as the lemon got less aggressive.