Place chopped bacon in a cold pan over medium-high heat. Fry for 5 minutes, until the bacon looks cooked.
Add the chopped garlic and lower to medium heat. Fry for 1 minute, taking care that the garlic does not burn. If the garlic starts to brown, lower the heat further.
Add the sliced mushrooms together with the butter. Raise the heat to medium-high again, and cook 3 minutes, until the butter is mostly absorbed and the mushrooms start to look cooked.
Push the mushrooms and bacon to one side of the pan and add the gnocchi on the other side. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the gnocchi is starting to brown.
Mix in the gnocchi with the bacon and mushrooms and cook 2 more minutes.
Add the cream and black pepper, mix well, and simmer for 2 minutes, until most of the liquid has been absorbed. Taste test, and add salt if needed.
Serve your Gnocchi with Bacon & Mushrooms topped with shredded Parmesan cheese.
