Machine for the production of ice-cream, provided with a support body inside which a container for ingredients can be removably inserted, and a cooling circuit comprising an evaporator. The evaporator consists of at least one or more coils and a support casing defining an internal surface and an external surface on which the one or more coils adhere. The support casing defines a housing seating for the container with a truncated cone shape. The container has a mating shape with truncated cone section.